"So I say to you, 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 he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened." Luke 11:9,10
When we were children and we had a need, we asked our parents and if it was something they approved of they would give it. So it is with God, there are three keys that unlock his generosity, ask, seek, and knock.
Like our parents, our heavenly Father will also have to approve our request whether what we asked for is good for us or harmful. Years ago, when I was in the equipment business I was quoting a job for a large company to rebuild a piece of their equipment. I kept asking God and knocking but it seemed the door just would not open! When this happens it's a good sign that God doesn't want you to have your request, and we must take this as a warning.
I was young in the Lord and hadn't learned to be still and listen to my heavenly Father's answer to my request, so I decided to go to my customer and see if I could break the proverbial door down! On my way to my meeting with the engineer the news broke in on the radio saying that an ammonia line exploded where I would have been and killed those I was to meet! Praise God, He spared me in my rebellion!
"If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?" Luke 11:11,12
Your servant in Christ, Timothy Laughlin
Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ