January 11, 2017: SOAP #2596:  Genesis 27-28; Psalm 4; Luke 11

Scripture:  Luke (NIV) 11:9 “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; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Observation:   Sometimes we have but to ask.  With simple faith believing and receiving from God.

At other times, it is for us to seek out the answer.   To search the scriptures, to search our hearts, to keep looking as we wait for God to reveal the answer.

And there are times some action is required, so we knock.  Some personal involvement comes as we invest our time and resources into the matter for which we need His involvement.  Of course, our involvement is only like knocking on the door.  The opening of the door comes from Him.  The answer in the open door expresses His wisdom, power and resources.

Application:   First:  I must not stop asking and believing.  Second:  I must not stop seeking until I find.  Do I desire it enough to seek?  Third:  I must not stop knocking until the door is opened and God is revealed in the situation for which I am praying.  Am I desperate enough to keep on knocking?

Prayer:   Holy Spirit, continue to teach me to pray and how to pray.  May the Heavenly Father enjoy hearing from me in prayer.  Amen

Pastor Leon
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