Do you know why you have not yet received what you always ask God through prayer?
It would certainly be because you are not asking it in the name of Jesus.
Jesus himself said it:
« Very truly I tell to you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. Until now, you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask, and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. »(John 16:23-24)
What then is the significance of this statement?
Indeed, since we have become children of God after having recognized Jesus Christ as our King and our Savior, God also recognizes us as his children in, by, or through Jesus Christ, to whom we belong.
Although this formula « in the name of Jesus » has become for many Christians very simple and meaningless, each time we say or repeat it, we should be aware that we are identifying ourselves before God, that we are testifying to God that we belong to Jesus Christ whom He gave us as the only intermediary between Him and us, « For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus. »(1 Timothy 2:5)
If we testify to God that we belong to Jesus Christ, God will give us in Jesus everything we ask of Him.
PRAYER:
Lord our God, grant us to always attest our belonging to Jesus when we pray to you.
It is in the precious name of your son Jesus Christ that we pray to you, Amen.
Apostle Jean-Claude SINDAYIGAYA