Matthew 7:7-8

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2 May, 2022

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MATTHEW 7:7-8

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.


TO PONDER:

Ask, Seek, Knock. Three invitation to pray. Three invitation to be bold. Three invitations to come to the Father whom we have complete and open access to. Jesus wants you to be so certain that you have the Father's help, he wants you so much to have the Father's help as you navigate your way through this day, this week, that he repeats the invitations. Ask, Seek, Knock. Ask, and it will be given to you....For everyone who asks receives. Seek, and you will find...and the one who seeks finds. Knock, and it will be opened to you...and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Ask, Seek, Knock. Pray. Pray. Pray. No-one is excluded. You have 24/7 access to a Father in heaven who loves you. A Father who longs to give good things to those who ask him, as verse 11 of this same chapter tells us. Jesus can't encourage you in any greater way to make use of the unrestricted access you have to the God who is at the centre of all of life, and the one from whom all blessings flow. So how is your prayer life? How often are you asking, seeking, knocking? And in case you think God is too important and mighty to be interested in what is happening in your life, Luther once wrote on these words: "He knows that we are timid and shy, that we feel unworthy and unfit to present our needs to God...We think that God is so great and we are so tiny that we do not dare to pray...Christ wants to lure us away from such timid thoughts, to remove our doubts, and to have us go ahead confidently and boldly" (LW, Volume 21, 234). Pray boldly today!

PRAYER:

Holy Spirit, fill me with your boldness that I may daily ask, daily seek, daily knock and discover the joy of the Father's help and love. Amen.