Ask, Seek, and Knock

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The Context of Ask, Seek, and Knock

Many times people wonder what it is I should have to ask for before God, because they look at Matthew 7, 7, and it says, Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.

And people look at that verse and say, So all I have to do is ask, seek, and knock, and I'll get what I want. Well, that's not really what we're looking at because of the context that gives us more information.

If we keep reading, it says, For everyone who asks receives. Great, that's what I want. Keep reading. And the one who seeks finds. Great, I want to find what I seek. Keep reading. And to the one who knocks, it'll be opened.

Great, I want those doors opened for me. Keep reading. Verse 9. For which one of you, if he has a son, asks him for bread, it will give him a stone? Or which one will ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?

If then you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give you things to those who ask of him? And that's what we see is the context. It is about asking of the Father, and that He is not going to give you something that is evil.

In other words, a father doesn't always give you everything you want. But a father, when you ask for bread, isn't going to give you a stone. Or when you ask for a fish, he's going to give you a serpent.

No, he's going to give good things. But a father doesn't always give what we think is good. The father gives what he knows is best. And sometimes we ask awry. But if we ask in God's will, then we get what he wants.

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