Ask, Seek, and Knock!

Hi! Everyone I am going to talk about a couple of things this morning when it comes to Street Evangelism. If you have a Passion to go outside the Church walls and hit the streets there are 3 important things to remember! The 1st is Pray for protection and ask God to cover you and use you for his Glory. The 2nd is you have got to be BOLD which means very courageous and over step some boundaries and stick your chest out. The 3rd thing is always Ask, Seek, and Knock. Don’t go from door to door that does not work anymore. The knocking I’m talking about is if you come to a place where you are stuck ask Jesus to open the door and provide a way he will. Always ask him for advice and seek his will not your own. That is my opinion on 3 things we do every time we hit the streets for JESUS! Now for my blog posting today I will be talking about Asking, Seeking, and Knocking! I think Pastor Bud McCord said it best when he broke this down n a book. It went a little something like this! The constant asking, seeking, and knocking, Jesus tells us to do, reveals something very important about us. When we constantly ask, seek, and knock, we reveal that we see the Father as the One who can supply our needs, reveal our path, and open closed doors. Asking, seeking and knocking reveals our true opinion of God. NOW FOR THE BACON! The absence of asking, seeking, and knocking is a sure sign I do not see God as the solution. It is a sign I am off looking for solutions elsewhere. When we have come to a place where we have no answers, no direction, and no door opening power, we should ask ourselves a serious question- “Have I stopped asking, seeking, and knocking as Jesus said I should?” In Matthew Chapter 7 verse 7-8 (NIV) It says “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.” Sometimes we look at a situation and we cannot begin to find answers, paths or power. That does not mean God has run out of answers, directions, or power. We may have decided He has no more interest in our situation, but Jesus said to ask, seek, and knock. Some good questions to ask in difficult times are: What does God make of this? What can God make of this? The important thing is not what we make of things but what God makes of things. Here is a great example of this. When Jesus fed a HUGE crowd with 5 loaves and 2 fish by the way a little boy had them. His disciples did not even bother to ask what God could make of them. Jesus said a prayer and the rest is history. If you get one thing out of my blog post today let it be this next part! Never, never, never stop asking, seeking, and knocking. To stop is to say God cannot make something of what we face. HE CAN! HE WILL! Just ASK! I know it was along post but I felt it needed to be shared. Everyone have a Great day at work and I pray what ever comes your way today you will Ask, Seek, and Knock!