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TFTD: “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.” –Matthew 7:7-8

When you were little and you needed something, how did you get it? Did you have to fend for yourself and go get it? Did you have an older sibling go and get it for you? Or did you ask your parents if you could have or get whatever it was? I always had to go to my parents for whatever it was because I was the oldest child. Our Father in heaven wants us to do the same thing. He tells us to ask and it will be given, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened. That seems like a lot of receiving doesn’t it. But it comes with some stipulations. We have a part to play here. We have to ask, seek, and knock. It is an urging by Christ to be in relationship with the Father, but not just any kind of relationship. An active one. He wants us to be praying and conversing with Him. It’s a prayer thing. Now that is all well and good but I have a follow up question. Did your parents always give you what you asked for? I know mine didn’t. They knew that some of the things I was asking for or seeking were not beneficial to me. God knows that some of the things that we are asking for or seeking are not going to be beneficial to us, so when we don’t get our way we need to take a minute and think. God has a bigger plan for us. He knows the things we need and is not going to hold any of those things from us. But when it comes to wants, it’s kind of up to Him. He will prosper you. He promises that. But it might not be in the ways that you want. It might be difficult, and there will be struggles, I can guarantee you that. But He is there for you. If you ask, seek, and knock on His door, He will be there for you. It’s a prayer thing.

“There are no crown-wearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers here below.” –Charles Haddon Spurgeon