Embrace the Within no. 149

“Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who keeps on asking receives, and he who keeps on seeking finds, and to him who keeps on knocking, it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will [instead] give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will [instead] give him a snake? If you then, evil (sinful by nature) as you are, know how to give good and advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give what is good and advantageous to those who keep on asking Him. [Here the use of Greek present imperatives (asking, seeking, knocking; vv 7, 8) emphasizes persistent, constant prayer.]

Matthew 7:7-11 AMP

Persistence is the key to getting what we need. I need to be committed to asking, committed to getting doors opened, and committed to seeking what I need. And that persistence is being in constant communication with the Father. Persistent, constant prayer is the foundation of my Walk with the Lord.

Three years ago I started asking, seeking, and knocking to find a better way that was not filled with fear. I had spent years thinking everything was going to be okay with faith in the world’s systems. If I just made enough money, then I was going to be safe. If I just followed the rules, then I was going to be safe. BUT there is no safety from fear in the world. When the plague hit and things were closed and supply chains dissolved and fear began to grow, no amount of money, no amount of rules, no amount of faith in worldly systems was going to protect me. Only the Way of the Lord was there to provide the Way through those times.

So I started looking to Him for answers and they continued slowly. He helped me build not only faith in Him BUT also faith in myself to follow Him persistently. And I think that was what I was lacking even more than faith in Him. I wasn’t trying to get myself right until then. I was trying to make everything else right, everyone else right . . . I was trying to remake the world in my image when I should have been remaking myself into a better image of Him. And that is what I have dedicated the work of these past three years to doing.

Am I doing that He wants? Am I asking Him what He wants? Am I persistently seeking what He has for me to accomplish? Am I working on my relationship with Him? Am I working on my relationship with others? Am I looking to be a better Ambassador of His Kingdom daily?

I pray that every day I walk with persistence. I pray that through my persistence He will open the doors and He will speak through me. I pray that my actions and my thoughts are always working to better align with the Way He wants. I pray that every day I am keeping that persistence in moving toward being a better image of Christ on this side of eternity.

I love you. I forgive you. Have a blessed and abundant day!

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