Ask God for the Impossible
By Rick Warren

“‘Call to me and I will answer you. I’ll tell you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own.’” Jeremiah 33:3 (MSG)

When you’re put in an impossible situation, your talent, logic, and education won’t solve your problem.

Only God can. 

That’s why you pray and ask God for his supernatural help. God told Jeremiah, who lived at the same time as Daniel and knew what was happening in Babylon, “‘Call to me and I will answer you. I’ll tell you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own” (Jeremiah 33:3 MSG). God wants to help you!

Daniel asked God for spiritual wisdom when King Nebuchadnezzar asked him to interpret a dream. 

Daniel needed the Lord to show him what he would never be able figure out on his own. He could guess for a thousand years and never figure out the king’s dream. But God could tell him in an instant.

The Bible says, “You do not have what you want because you do not ask God for it” (James 4:2 GNT).

So many times we miss out on God’s best simply because we never ask him for it. 

I’ve seen God do this over and over again in my life. I’ve faced big odds that I couldn’t fathom solving on my own. So I prayed.

And God has answered. My life is a series of answered prayers, and I want God to do the same for you.

You can ask God for his best for your life! God never shuts his storehouse until we shut our mouths. Start praying and asking God for help—and expect him to answer.

That’s called praying in faith. James 1:5-6 says, “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt” (NIV).

Daniel believed he could interpret the king’s dream—but only with God’s help. So he asked God for it and expected him to answer.

When you show that kind of faith, God will generously give you what you need to do the impossible.

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