Light in the Darkness

In Matthew 7:7-8 we are told to ask and it shall be given, seek and ye shall find, for everyone that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh findeth. Children are known to ask continuously of their parents whatever it is that they desire until they receive it. Be it that birthday or Christmas gift, that extra allowance, you name it but they will ask even to the point of nagging until it is granted. Well it should be the same with our Heavenly Father as he has already given us permission to ask of him.  1 Thessalonians 5:17 tells us to pray without ceasing and we know that it is through prayer that we communicate with our Father in heaven therefore we can almost interpret the scripture to mean we are to never stop asking of God what it is that we desire. While not everything that we ask of God will be granted but instead those things that are in alignment with his will he hears us and will give in his perfect timing (1 John 5:14). To have a true relationship with God we must first...

Have you ever thought about how several Bible stories ended surprisingly different from what we would have imagined all because of the presence of God?  We all know the story of Daniel in the lion's den and in reality we can see how that should have ended but not how it actually did. Now you have a man out of jealousy and hatred plotted against and thrown in the lion's den. Amazingly, we know lion's to be fierce carnivorous creatures but they could not eat Daniel as an angel of the Lord shut their mouths (Daniel 6:22). Second story is of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego three Jewish boys who were tossed in the fiery furnace again out of jealousy. Nevertheless, they were delivered by God despite the furnace being seven times hotter than usual. It was so hot it consumed the soldiers that took them to it. When King Nebuchadnezzar looked in the furnace he was surprised to see not just three men but instead four men unharmed in the furnace (Daniel 3:25). The enemy is alw...