God says right here if we ask for a fish, He won't give us a snake. Oh for deep discernment to see what is truly going on around us. The transition to verse 7 is stark. The preceding verses talk of judging others. We are bent on changing our husbands, our children, our friends. But God interrupts us here and says---Ask! How shall we dare love and give and seek? Only by His Power. So, ask!
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." Matthew 7:7. Absolute words! Ask! Seek! Knock! "Distinct degrees of intensity," says Matthew Henry.
The beautiful point of this sermon on a mount is that in all of our difficulties, large or small, we are to seek God's Hand. I have a large one today. Persevere importunately.
DEAR GOD, PLEASE CHANGE ME IN THIS DIFFICULTY I FACE IN ONE OF MY 10,000 MOMENTS. It's a big one. I ask. I seek. I knock. And I won't stop. By Your Power. Under Your Grace. Amen.
PHOTO: My favorite waters on the earth. The Gulf of Mexico off of Santa Rosa Island. Asking. Seeking. Knocking. Won't Stop.
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