ask (matt7:7-8)

Matthew 7:7-8

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 the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

We are told to keep on asking, keep on seeking, keep on knocking. We are to persevere in prayer. God will respond. Is this a green light to pray for a new car and if you keep on going you'll get it? Jesus has already taught that prayer is about God's will and God's kingdom as well as our needs and we are to pray along those lines. Our perseverance isn't about wearing God down - it's part of the process. Sanctification is not a one time download but it's a lifelong process and part of that process is seeking after God.

The very fact that we are needing to ask/seek/knock should humble us - we NEED something, we are not self-sufficient, we are dependent on God's giving. Don't look to yourself, look to God