Request to be a blessing

We’ve talked about women with all kinds of negative requests—selfish, emotional, manipulative, and destructive. But by the grace of God, we are concluding this subject with something higher: the kind of request your husband can trust and that heaven cannot ignore.

There are two powerful kinds of requests that stand out in scripture:

1. The sincere desire to be a blessing.
2. The consistent request for the good of others—not for personal gain, but from a heart of love.

We saw it in the Shunammite woman. She didn’t ask Elisha for anything. She simply made a request to feed him, and then built him a simple room with a bed, a stool, a table, and a lamp. No fanfare. Just honour. Just rest. Just room for grace.

She wasn’t looking for a child. She wasn’t hoping for a prophecy. But because she made room for the prophet, the prophet turned and said, “What can be done for you?” And from that one act of honour, she received both life in her womb and life from the grave when her child died and was restored.

We saw the same in Lydia. After her baptism, she pleaded with Paul to come into her home—not for recognition, but to be a blessing. And the gospel spread through her obedience. Her house became a base for kingdom advancement.

Many women today are full of requests—but most of them are centred on “me, myself, and I.”
Another car.
Another vacation.
Another house.
Another show.
Another upgrade.

But these do not provoke divine attention.

Instead, why not carry a request that says, “Lord, make me a blessing”?
To your husband.
To his family.
To your pastor.
To the church.
To the mission field.
To the forgotten, the weary, the overlooked.

When your request is to be a blessing, God will raise people to speak for you. God Himself will respond. And what you never asked for will come knocking at your door.

Be the woman whose request is to bless—not to take.
 Make room.
 Give rest.
 And heaven will remember your name.