“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.”
Matt. 7:7-8
I am not an initiator. Unfortunately, I have lived my life with an underlying sense of not wanting to “be a bother.” I know I have missed out on a lot of life because of that underlying belief.
But this verse is one that gives me courage. It challenges any thoughts of “being a bother” to God. He challenges me….us…..to interact with Him with determination….by choice….by His Invitation. I hear that Invitation in these Words. ASK. SEARCH. KNOCK. There’s no shadow of asking us to step into the background from Him. No sense that He sees us as “a bother.”
I remember as a little girl, seeing things I would have liked, but my own insecurities held me back from asking and receiving. I missed out on a lot because of that underlying fear of “bothering” anybody.
In the desert (my second family), it is not culturally common for people to “ask”….even tho’ as refugees, they have great needs. It’s almost like a guessing game to catch the very tiny hints of the needs they keep hidden from guests and friends. Yet, I think that most friends and guests would be very happy to be asked to step into their need. So often those needs are hidden, and the opportunity to help is lost.
In this passage, God (Who knows EVERYTHING already) still encourages us to ASK….SEARCH…..KNOCK. There’s something in our own hearts that causes us to hold back in our approach to the God Who created and loves us. HE knows exactly what “that” is, and wants us to get past it. Some wrong perception or belief about God Himself makes us hesitate or refuse to directly approach and interact with Him in honesty and confidence in His Love for us.
What is “that thing” in your heart?
God invites you to step past it, come to Him,
and ask, . . . search . . . and knock.
He is patiently waiting.
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