Warehouse

Imagine a huge warehouse in Heaven run by Saint Peter, the keeper of keys. As you walk down the halls, you see thousands and thousands of doors with names on them. Finally you come to a door with your name on the plaque. You halt and say to Saint Peter, "What is in there?"

He tries to downplay it, "Ah, nothing. You don't want to go in there."

"Sure, I do," you insist. "My name is on that door."

After debating for a few minutes, you finally convince Saint Peter to let you go in. He opens the door. Inside you see row after row of boxes on shelves. You hurry over to open up one, and then the realization comes: These are blessings that belong to me but have never been released!

The first box is a box of favor that God wanted you to have last week. But you never asked.

The next is a big break that God prepared for you last month. But you forgot to ask for it.

Down the row, there is a box containing the book you wanted to write but you gave up. Beside it is the business you wanted to create. Then there is one containing the healing God planned for you.

Row after row of blessings, favors, good breaks, good ideas. They all belong to you, but God never released them because you never asked.

I don't know about you, but I want to make sure my warehouse is completely empty. I dont want to be greedy. I dont want to be selfish. I simply want all that belongs to me. I want to be everything God has created me to be. I want to have everything God intended for me to have.

Ask so that you may receive.

From Joel Osteen: It's Your Time