Just Ask    

The Bible says, “So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon…” Jeremiah 38:11-13a (KJV)

During the Spanish-American War, Clara Barton was overseeing the work of the Red Cross in Cuba. One day Colonel Theodore Roosevelt came to her, wanting to buy food for his sick and wounded Rough Riders. But she refused to sell him any. Roosevelt was perplexed. His men needed the help, and he was prepared to pay out of his own funds. When he asked someone why he could not buy the supplies, he was told, “Colonel, just ask for it!” A smile broke over Roosevelt’s face. Now he understood; the provisions were not for sale. All he had to do was simply ask and they would be given freely.

Are you struggling with sin in your life? Even as Believers, we sometimes struggle with the wicked one’s wiles against us. However, take hope and trust in the One who wants to lift you up and out of the dungeon! He is able to deliver thee…simply ask, call upon Him! 

Daily Chronological Bible Reading: Jeremiah 38-40; Psalm 74, 79