If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
Luke 11:13
We hear a lot of the teaching of this passage repeated. Ask and you shall receive. Request what you want from God. But, then the last part of this verse gets left out.
What is Jesus telling us here? If we are saved, don’t we have the Holy Spirit? Well, first of all, He is speaking to the lost. He is assuring them that God, as a loving Father, will give them salvation if they will ask for it. And then, secondly, He is speaking to the saved. Though the Spirit indwells us, we are still meant to ask and seek to be filled and guided by the Holy Spirit. This is why we are to be people of prayer.
Ask Him for the Spirit! Without the Spirit, we are but poor imitators of Christ. With His Holiness in us, we may truly reflect the glory of Jesus to a lost and dying world.
Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Spirit! We forget this Priceless Treasure! Oh forgive us! Lord God, bless us with Your Spirit! May He lead and guide us in everything. In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ I pray and praise You, Amen.