1 John 5:14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
It has taken me a long time to make some sort of peace with verses 14 and 15. I can’t say I’ve got it all figured out, but here is how I made peace: Isaiah 55:8, “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.”
1 John 5:15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
God’s ways are far beyond anything I could imagine. He knows what’s best. He knows the eternal repercussions. I have to trust Him. Isaiah 43:19, See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness…. He is making a way, even if I cannot yet perceive it, even if it looks nothing like I hoped or imagined. I have to trust Him.
1 John 5:20a We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true….
Lord, I know it is utterly ridiculous for me to struggle to trust the God of all creation, maker of heaven and earth. Forgive me. Thank You for answering my prayers, even when I struggle to understand Your answers. Help me to trust You always. Amen.
1 John 5:20b …And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Have a blessed day.