We should come to God trusting and expecting His response…but what if He doesn’t answer in a way we desire? First we must realize that God will only give things that are good for us in the light of eternity and always in accordance to His Will. It says we are to ask, but our asking cannot be out of selfish desire for our own self-fulfillment, for God refuses to grant our petitions when they are from evil impulses. (James 4:3) Next we are told to seek… but this requires a wholehearted focus and not with a complacent or indifferent heart and mind. Finally, we are to knock on that closed door…checking our motivation in humility and even desperation…just like the thief hanging next to Jesus on the Cross…for it very easily could be us there.
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