Ask God For Unlimited

Who wins when I ask for big things? I have thought it was me, of course. Recently, however, I have been seeing a different dynamic at work when looking at three passages that follow each other in the book of John. When you see them together it spoils the punch line, but it is worth doing anyway:

• “And I will do whatever you ask in my name . . . You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.” – John 14:12-14
• “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.”– John 15:7
• “Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.” – John 15:16