Today, about lunch time, I was near a Pizza Hut outside my immediate area and decided to stop for the buffet.  After entering this establishment and seeing the poor food choices I asked if someone could put in an order for a specific kind of pizza.  The greeter politely but firmly said, “We don’t take requests for our buffet.”

This restaurant is certainly entitled to decline buffet requests from lunchtime customers and it exercised this right.  Customers also have the right to decline to eat at this kind of establishment and I exercised my right.  I firmly but politely said I would be getting lunch somewhere else and promptly left.

On the way out the door and wondering where to go next for lunch I thought about the waitresses’ words in relation to spiritual things.  Might there be times when heaven says, We don’t take requests?

The Apostle John believed there are times when God does not take requests (1 Jn. 5:14).

James believed there are times when God does not take some requests (Jas. 4:2-3).

Jesus spoke about God refusing some requests in Mt. 15:8-9.  Man has often asked God to accept his worship, but Jesus said some of these requests are rejected because of incorrect worship.

If Pizza Hut has the authority to turn some things down, certainly such is also true of God.  Do not make requests of God or request that God accept things which He has not authorized.

Brad Price
www.lordletmegrow.com