Luke 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; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
The Lord teaches us not to give up in our prayers. We're to ask, seek and knock on that responsive door. So why does it always seem so hard to pray?
For me it's just laziness. I'm always going to pray some other time. That other time never comes. Well, it might come if I really need something. However, praying takes time and doesn't always seem to bring results. Well, it does bring results like: yes, no or wait. Not one of these responses Is guaranteed to come quickly. Thus we tend to do stuff in our own strength and forgo the mystery.
When we do, we short circuit the blessings. God still completes his will, it's just that we're left out of the equation. Therefore the urgency that Jesus put on his injunction. We shouldn't pray to be blessed but when we do pray we will be blessed. Kind of strange in that respect. We know that praying is a good thing. It is a commanded thing. It is an effort that promises perfect answers to life's questions and problems.
Thus, ask, seek, knock and you'll not regret it.
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