"And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him" (1 Chron 5:20).
On more than one occasion someone has said to me, "If you needed help, why didn't you just ask?" The answer to that question most of the time is pride. God is always ready, willing and wanting to help his children. But we have to ask for help. Jesus said, "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?" (Matthew 7:11).
"Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the Kingdom. If you may have everything by asking in His Name, and nothing without asking, I beg you to see how absolutely vital prayer is" (C. H. Spurgeon). James wrote, "Ye have not because ye ask not." If asking is the rule of the Kingdom, why do so many Christians admit that they have an inadequate prayer life? The answer is pride. When you truly recognize your need for God, you will pray.
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