Originally Posted by Lynda
I'm especially wondering about "ye have not because ye ask not."

It means, "ye have not because ye ask not" wink

I treat this the same way that I look at something like perseverance/preservation of the saints or divine sovereignty/human responsibility. Both are equally true. God uses means to accomplish His ends. We can "waste" our trials and bear unneeded burdens because we don't go to God for help. Sure, it's all under God's sovereignty and not a hair falls from our head apart from our Father's will, but there's the sobering truth that sometimes we really don't have because we have not asked, or because we have asked amiss to spend it on our own pleasures.

True godliness is a sincere feeling which loves God as Father as much as it fears and reverences Him as Lord, embraces His righteousness, and dreads offending Him worse than death~ Calvin