“Ask, and you will receive.
Search, and you will find.
Knock, and the door will be opened for you.
Everyone who asks will receive.
The one who searches will find,
and for the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
Matthew 7:7-8
I have known this verse since I was a child. Sometimes the most familiar things lose their meaning. Today, this was one of those moments….
What strikes me today is the gentleness of the tone of the passage. Yet, there is power behind each phrase….There is a Response following each one-word instruction. The Response is from God. There is a tenderness here. There is a Listening Ear.
It’s the way a child would be spoken to….taught something very simple, very basic. The simple repetition of each, and the subtle re-wording is as a teacher would use when speaking with a child.
What if it’s this simple? Uncomplicated? Clear and straightforward?
There is One on the other side of the Door, ready to open it. Ready to give what we need. Ready to reveal what we can’t find. . . . He’s just on the other side of the Door.
Ask………… Search…………. Knock
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