Ask, Don't Tell...

Thus says the Lord,

    the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:

“Ask me of things to come;

    will you command me concerning my children and the work of my hands?

(Isaiah 45:11)

God wants us to ask, and to ask big.  He always has.  He has revealed Himself, which in itself tells us He wants to tell us a lot about Who He is, what He has in mind, and how we fit into the big picture.  What he is not waiting for is for us to try to tell Him what to do and how to do it.  He is not our personal vending machine or genie in a lamp.  To treat Him as such is a misunderstanding of our relationship with Him as Parent/child and creature/Creator.  So He invites us first to get that relationship in order, then ask away about the things mentioned above.  Ask Him.  Don't try to tell Him what to do.  Really, that makes no sense at all.