Persistence

 Mt 7: 7-12

Ask, Seek, Knock

⁷ “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ⁸ For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

⁹ “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰ Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹ 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 good gifts to those who ask him! ¹² So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

These few verses reassure us that we must be persistent in prayer, although we might be tempted to give up when God does not answer our prayer immediately, as we so wish.  Yes, it's a question of HIS time, and the answer will come in HIS way and in the way that  is best for us.  In the meantime,  our "stick-to-it-iveness" provides the opportunity to spend more time with God, deepen our faith and trust,  open our hearts to receive his love and begin to see HIM and HIS plan more clearly, a gift which might not have come our way unless we had to keep on praying and praying.  Let us take verses 8 and 11 literally: "everyone who asks, receives," and "how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!"

Bro. Rene