Luke 11: 5-13
Ask And You Shall Receive
5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.
9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
We often, if not all the time, find ourselves facing challenges or decisions that come at us with such force and frequency that we almost become paralyzed about what to do. Jesus encourages us in such cases to keep on asking for his help, and believe it will come. We lose heart and momentum when that help seems too long in coming, and fall into fear and unrest. Yet, these words of Jesus encourage us to keep asking, keep trusting and hoping that our help will come in due time. Can we hang on to something so indefinite, on one hand, yet so assuring on the other? I'd put my eggs in his basket and trust in his word over that of even my closest friend. Jesus does not disappoint.
Bro. Rene
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