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Dear Victorious,

If you could ask God for anything and you knew He would give it to you, what would you ask Him for?

Chuck T. - Lufkin, TX

Dear Chuck,

That's a very good question. Today is my birthday, and my wife asked me what I wanted. I told her nothing. But the truth is that there are lots of things I would want. But there's nothing that my wife or my family are capable of giving me. (So I don't ask for it.)

If I could ask God for anything and knew that He'd give it to me, I suppose I would ask Him for righteousness. I would like to be sinless, without sin. I would like all of my motives to be pure. I would like all of my thoughts to be God-honoring. I'd like to see only what God sees in the world. I would like to hear only what God hears. And I'd like to think about everything with the mind of Christ - instead of the flawed mind that I currently possess.

I know that the process of sanctification will ultimately bring all these things about in me. But I don't want to wait. I'd ask for it all now.