Unclaimed gifts

Christmas season is upon us! Moms everywhere are instructing their kids to make of a list of what they want for Christmas. I remember my girls giving me a list and as their mom, I tried my best to get most of the things they wanted. It never fails though, once Christmas comes, there is inevitably something they wanted that was left off the list. Maybe it was an oversight, but you can see the disappointment in their face.

I wonder just how many gifts we, as Christians leave up in heaven. Never to be received and unwrapped?

Yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

James 4:2b

The Bible tells us that God only knows how to give good gifts. How many blessings have we missed out on simply because we did not ask Him? How many good gifts did God want to pour out on us if all we would do is ask? I am not suggesting that when you pray, you recite your "give me" list, or even to ask for things that He could not approve of. I am talking about the desires of our hearts. There are so many verses that God instructs us to ask and it will be given. Just as I want to give my kids the desires of their hearts, God wants to do the same. God knows the things on your list, whether we ask Him or not. But by asking Him, you are showing your complete dependence on Him. I don't know about you, but I don't want to leave any of my gifts unclaimed or unwrapped. I am like a small child when it comes to the gifts of God, I want them all!

Ask, and it shall be given you.

Matthew 7:7