Today I had the delightful pleasure of delivering an artwork to a friend and colleague. Oh the joy of being able to surprise someone and deliver something that you know they have been waiting for but may have let it slip to the back of their mind. I absolutely love giving and receiving surprises big and small, they really make you feel special, especially if you are the giver. Oh isn't that the wrong way round.... No, definitely not. There is a far greater joy in giving something wonderful than receiving it.
How often don't we rob God of that wonderful joy? We come to him with our prayers and then we nag and nag and nag. In some ways this could be seen as persistence, but not if you are whining about it all the time.
God too delights in giving us the joys and desires of our hearts and yes you guessed it, he also loves surprising us. He loves to see the joy and delight on our faces when we receive an answer to prayer. So how about next time you are believing for something, you ask once, then smile and say, "Thanks God, I trust you with this one...go on surprise me!"
Let God get in on the "giving is fun" game too :-)
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