Claim and Proclaim

UV 354/10,000 John 16 v 24 Claim and proclaim Joh 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full When we do not have a personal relationship with God through His Son Jesus, we do not know of His generousity and His omnipotence. We do not ask Him anything and we do not receive anything except what is the common heritage of our race. It is indeed impossible to please God except we believe that He exists and is able to do that which He has promised. Asking in Jesus’ s name implies that we believe that God loves us and has sent His Son Jesus to save us. It also means that we believe that Jesus is the Yes and Amen to all God’s promises. Once we enter into a personal relationship with the Lord, we can claim the promises of God. When we claim the promises of God with faith and according to His will, His Word and our need, He will fulfill it and grant us what we need so that our joy will be full. The process of claiming a promise is not just to say it once in our prayers but to hold it in faith always in our prayers till the Lord answers. We need to remember it in our minds a million times and thank the Lord for the answer whether it is “yes” or “ no” or “ wait”. The words “ shall receive” means that the Lord will answer positively and there is no element of doubt. Once we claim and receive a promised blessing from the hands of the Lord, we must be ever thankful and proclaim God’s goodness towards us in this matter as in other things. As the book of Proverbs puts it, “ A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul.” The desire fulfilled will be like a wellspring of joy in our lives on account of which we are always remembering the Lord and His goodness. In my personal walk with God, I would have claimed this Uni-verse thousands of times in myriad situations- every time the Lord proved faithful to His Word. Prateep V Philip