Knock And the Door Will Be Opened

 

God Is Not Tired of You – Matthew 7:7-12

Dear Friends, let me ask you something really personal today: When was the last time you stopped praying about something because it felt like God wasn’t listening anyway?

Jesus is on the hillside with this big crowd of ordinary, tired, worried people — moms, dads, fishermen, tax collectors, the sick, the stressed — and He leans in and says something that still sounds too good to be true:

“Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.”

Not “ask once and wait politely.”

Not “pray really hard and maybe I’ll answer.”

He says keep asking. Keep seeking. Keep knocking.

Then He paints this beautiful picture of a dad with his kids. “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for fish, will give him a snake?”

Even we — with all our faults — know how to give good gifts to our kids.

So how much more will your perfect heavenly Father give good things to you when you ask Him?

This is Jesus inviting you into the kind of relationship where you don’t have to perform, impress, or get it all right before you come. You can come messy. You can come tired. You can come with the same prayer you’ve prayed a hundred times. He’s not annoyed. He’s not rolling His eyes. He’s listening — and He loves to give.

And then, almost like He knows we’ll try to twist this into “God is my cosmic vending machine,” He gives us the Golden Rule:

“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you…”

In other words, the same generous heart your Father has toward you?

He wants you to have that same heart toward the people around you.

What have you almost given up asking God for because it feels hopeless or overdue?

What would it look like this week to pick that prayer back up — not with frustration, but with childlike trust?

And who in your life right now needs you to treat them the way you wish someone would treat you?

Because the God who gives good gifts is the same God who wants to give those gifts through you.

Point to Ponder: God isn’t tired of your asking — He’s waiting for your trust.

Verse to Remember: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Matthew 7:7 NIV)

Question to Consider: What one thing have you quietly stopped praying about? Will you bring it back to your Father this week and trust Him with your prayer?

Article written by Shaun Fereday, Leader @SFGH Church