Daily Bread

1 John 5:14 - And this is the confidence that we have towards him that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us.

Jesus modeled a very simple method for receiving whatever we need from the Father, He simply said ask. There are two Greek words are used for ask in verses 14 through 16, ‘aitein’ and ‘erotan’. John does not use the more common word for prayer, ‘proseuchomai’ in any of his writings. John’s direction to us from the Holy Spirit is to simply ask the Father in faith in the name of Jesus, John 14:13, 26; 15:16; 16:23,26. There is really no difference in these two Greek words but one may make an argument that ‘aitein’ could be understood to mean, ‘ask for oneself’. However, both of these words are used in John 16:24 and 26 with no perceptible difference. It is God’s desire that we represent Him on the earth. Therefore, He has made it very easy for us to receive those things that we need in order to represent Him. Just come to the Father in the simple childlike faith that He has supplied and ask Him for whatever you have need of. For it is indeed His will to supply all of your needs according to His riches in glory (Philippians 4:19).

Blessings,
Pastor Mark Spitsbergen