Getting to the Top of the Stairs ...

You may have heard of the Aladdin Factor ~ you know, "You must ask to receive."

There are so many instances, so many literary comments, Bibical principles to back this up.  Among all of that ... there is a simple exercise to show the ultimate glory of what happens when you ask.

If you are parent, a grandparent, step-parent, aunt, uncle, etc ... Stand at the top of a staircase ~ with your children, grandchildren, stepchildren, nieces, nephews, etc., at the bottom of the stairs.

Tell them, "You have to get up to me, to the top of stairs to be with me. You have to get all the way to the top without touching the stairs, using the banister, the walls. You can't touch anything."

Now, wait.  See what your child does.  How do they get up to the top with you?

The answer is so simple ... all they have to do is ask. "Daddy, please come carry me up the stairs."

Try this exercise with the little ones in your life.  Watch the magic that happens.  Just as our children must ask them to come get them ~ we must ask our Father to come get us.  We must ask to receive eternal life.  He is always with us, but if we want His arms wrapped around us ... we must ask.