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Don't Ask for the Hamburger, Get a Steak
1 Kings 20:10 "And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees."
In the verse above, you find the story of the man of God telling Hezekiah that he would be healed. Hezekiah somewhat doubted that the man of God was right, so he asked for a sign from God to be sure that this would happen. The man of God asked Hezekiah what he wanted God to show him. Hezekiah responded by saying, "It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees..." Hezekiah was not asking God to do something easy, but he was challenging God to do something that seemed difficult.
I am reminded of a story I heard a preacher tell about a young college student who was praying and begging God to give him something to eat. He said this college student said, "God, all I am asking of you is a hamburger." Dr. John R. Rice heard that young man praying that prayer and told the young man that he should pray for steak. He told the young man that if God could give him a hamburger then He could also give him a steak. Oftentimes this happens with many people. Too many people pray asking for the hamburger when God would give them a steak if they would simply ask. Hezekiah said, "It is a light thing..." Hezekiah wasn't asking God for the hamburger, no, he was asking God for some steak. I challenge you in your prayer life to stop only asking God for the light things. Christian, if God can give you a hamburger then He can also give you a steak. Don't get me wrong, I believe it is important in building our faith to get some "light" prayers answered, but there is a God in Heaven Who wants to give you some great things if you would only ask. It is not that God doesn't have the power to do the great things for you, it is simply that His people have stopped asking Him to do great things. When is the last time you stepped up your prayer from a hamburger to a steak? God promises us in Matthew 7:7, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:" This promise is for you! All you have to do is ask. Christian, don't stop asking for the hamburger, but don't stop at the hamburger and ask God for the steak also. You will never receive until you ask |
