“In everything, with prayer and thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” - Phillipians

“‘It would have been nice for Aslan to have given us dinner to bring along’, said Polly. ‘I think He would have if you’d asked,’ replied Fledge. ‘You would think He would know a thing like that without having to be asked!’ said Polly. ‘Yes’ said Fledge, ‘but He LIKES being asked.’” - From Narnia

I have often had trouble understanding how God wants me to combine faith, requests to Him, and disciplined effort as I seek to accomplish something important. Fund raising for our school is one such example. I know I serve a big God. It makes me think it should be easy to have all the schools’ needs provided, and yet it hasn’t been easy, and we still have most of the way to go. The Bible says, “you don’t have because you don’t ask,” which muddies the issue even more, in my opinion. Just where do the lines of faith, effort and supplication intersect?!

I won’t pretend I have it anywhere near figured out. In fact, all I have figured out is a little more about how little of this I understand. I do know for certain, that asking God, in faith, to supply all the needs of our students and staff, is no small request. And yet I am just as certain, as reminded by the lion Aslan, in Narnia, that He likes to be asked. As I faithfully bring my requests for Christ School before Him, I praise Him for what He has already done, all the amazing ways He has already provided, and I thank Him for what He has in store to bless this school in the future, be it tomorrow or ten years for now. And since the Bible says that God delights to give good gifts to his children, I wait expectantly and hopefully, knowing that His plans for me are worth waiting for, worth being surprised by.

Praying that you and I will remember today, in the big stuff and the small stuff, that “He likes being asked.”