Sovereign Grace Church

…Let your requests be made known unto God

(PHILIPPIANS 4:6)

Paul, the pattern saint, would have us see the value of revealing our needs to God in prayer. We must not presume that the things required to sustain life will be granted without making our requests known unto God. Our requirements on earth and God’s resources in heaven are meant for each other. If we ask, we shall receive. When we fail to ask, we fail to receive. The Word declares, “Ye have not, because ye ask not.” There would be no point in exhorting Christians to make their requests known unto God unless He had made a sufficient provision to supply all their need. The apostle revealed the abundant riches of God when he said “My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (PHILIPPIANS 4:19). This assuring promise discloses the resources God made available to His people in answer to prayer. In the clear light of this certified promise they have no justifiable excuse for spiritual poverty.