Daily Devotional

-January 22, 2021-

Good morning, happy Friday,

-Asking, Seeking, And Knocking-

“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 he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.”

Why is it that we do not ask more from the Lord? Why do we pray about something and stop? Why do we question why the Lord has not answered our requests? Here in our text, Jesus tells us to ask, seek, and knock. The tense of the Greek is a progressive one. It should read, “Ask, and keep on asking; seek, and keep on seeking; knock, and keeping on asking.”

• Ask – Jesus wants us to bring our requests to the Father in His name. In John 16:24, Jesus said, “Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.” James, who wrote very directly and honestly said, “…Yet you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures” (James 4:2d-5). We should always pray for God’s will and it will be given to us.

• Seek – We need seek God’s presence and His kingdom. In Matthew 6:33 our Savior said, “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” We must be clean when we seek the Lord and confess all known sin, otherwise God will not hear us. When we seek we will find.

• Knock – Nowadays most people do not knock at the door anymore, they ring the bell. For some there is a small little glass hole to see who is at our door. With the modern technology, we can see now who is there at the door on our smartphones. Cameras capture the person very clearly. Our Heavenly Father delights to open to us. He will never turn us away. Let us knock and keep on knocking at the door of heaven as we bring our requests and He will open the door to us.

God the Father delights to hear our prayers in the name of His Son our Lord Jesus Christ, according to His will, through the Holy Spirit who intercedes for us. The Spirit takes our words and intercedes for us with groanings which cannot be uttered or are to deep for words. Let us then ask and keep on asking; seek and keep on seeking, and knock and keep on knock until the answer comes.

Have a blessed day and weekend in prayer for great things as well as the smaller ones. Stay safe and healthy.

Dean