Ask, Seek, Knock

"And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you." (Luke 11:9)

God is our Father. But we are his children. Jesus spends more time in the verses of this passage persuading us to be children of the Father than to explain about the Father. The Father is not really a mystery. Being a child to him is the evasive part. We are, by nature, self-directed rebels. We will not truly experience God as our Father until we learn to be trusting children who bring each and every need we have before him.

1. How do you still treat God as distant, far-off and unconcerned about your life?

2. What would it take for you to open up an area of your life to God by seeking and asking for his help?

3. What would it be like if you let go of that troubling part of your life and let your Father begin to have his way with you in it? Can you imagine God being your Father in that situation?

-- Charlie