21 Days of Fasting and Prayer Devotional: Mountains Will Move!Sample

Day 19: Keep on Asking!

According to new studies by the CDC, nearly 40 percent of Americans eat fast food each day. This trend continues to rise as more people desire a quick meal option during their day to meet the demands of their on-the-go lifestyle. In our fast-paced society, if we’re not careful, we can put the same expectations on God as to how and when our prayers should be answered—our way, right away.

God desires to move in and through our prayer life, but His way is not always the way we would envision it. Jesus provided instruction for us when it comes to how we should approach prayer. He says this in Matthew 7:7-8, “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.”

Seems easy, right? Jesus promises that we will receive when we ask, but actually receiving the answer is far from instant most times. And in the waiting, we must remember the words of Jesus and “keep on asking.” A continuous, never-giving-up attitude takes root in our hearts as we press through because God desires to do more in us through the process. But we can rest assured, even when we don’t see the answer in our timing, we can be confident that God will answer!