A little Devo!

Tonight, we were getting everything ready for dinner. I had just finished putting everything on the girls plates and was just about to get them something to drink. Now, I know my girls. So I knew exactly what I was going to get them to drink. Before I could even get to the kuhlschrank (refrigerator), Katie said, "Daddy, I want milk." And I told her, "Katie, I am your dad and I know exactly what you want." I knew that she would want milk even before she had asked for it. I was already working on getting her milk. And it was milk that she received. On the other hand, there is Aliyah. After getting Katie her milk, I then started to work on getting Aliyah's drink and then she told me, "Daddy, I want some milk too!" My response to her was, "Aliyah, I know what you want, but I know what you need." You see Aliyah is allergic to milk and so she cannot have it. And because I love my daughter, I am not going to give her what she wants, it will only harm her, I am going to give her what she needs, for this will bless her.
Directly after saying these statements to my daughters, the Lord immediately ministered to my heart and I told Rebecca, "that is exactly how it is with us." You see we have a loving Heavenly Father that knows us. In fact, if you doubt this, read and meditate upon Psalm 139 and there you will see how our Heavenly Father knows us so well! He knows exactly what we want even before we even ask for it! And yet He still tells us to ASK. In Katie's situation, that is exactly what she did. She asked for it! And because of this, she received it. But think about this. It was already on my heart to give her the very thing that she would eventually ask for. I was already in the process of wanting to give it to her. All she had to do was ask. I love my daughter. I want to bless her. I want to give her the very desire of her heart. And so too, our Heavenly Father loves us. He wants to bless us. And when the desires of our heart are according to His will, He longs to give us these desires.
But did you notice the slight difference with Aliyah? You see, Aliyah asked for milk. But instead she received orange juice. You see I love Aliyah just as much as I love Katie. Katie asked for milk and she received it. Aliyah asked for milk and she received orange juice. Why? The answer is, because I love my daughter. I know what is best for her. I know that if I give her the milk that she is asking for, it will only harm her, so because I love her, I gave her orange juice instead. So too, we have a Heavenly Father thats knows what is best for us. Sometimes we come to Him and tell Him what we desire, but because He loves us, He doesn't give us that, but gives us what is BEST for us.
Here are a few verses for you to read over and be blessed with in regards to this little devotion.

James 4:2 "...Yet you do not have because you do not ask."

Matthew 7:7-11 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For ​f​everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 ​Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If you then, ​​being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!"

1 John 5:14-15 "Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that ​if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him."