Jesus taught a short lesson on prayer in Matthew 7:7-11.
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 he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! (NKJV)
Not a day goes by without the need for help from our Heavenly Father. We struggle with difficulties everywhere we turn as we live in this world. We have health problems, money troubles, family difficulties, spiritual challenges, security issues, etc. We often do all we can do and see no way to resolve the problems. Jesus taught us that God will help His children. We can ask, seek and knock, and God will answer our requests. God will provide what is best for us every time. He knows what we need better than we ourselves know. What a blessing to know that we need only to ask to receive the impossible, to seek and find the unfindable or knock and the door of relief, rescue and safety opens. We cannot visualize the solution in any of these troubled situations, and God delivers. What a blessing! God’s love for His children exceeds any love we can imagine.
Are you a child of God? Can you ask, seek and knock when you need powerful help? Jesus died to make it possible for us to be children of God. The path to God is through belief, repentance, confession, baptism and faithful service. Why would any person reject the blessing of answered prayer?
