Ask

Ask

 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. 
“Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?  
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?  
If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!” 
Matthew 7:7-11

According to one commentator Kenneth L Baker writing in the Zondervan NIV Study Bible (2002) for the words, “ask … seek … knock. Greek present imperatives are used here, indicating constant asking, seeking and knocking. Persistent prayer is being emphasized.”
But we should be careful what we ask for, James reminding us,
“You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God.  
When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.” 
                                             James 4:2,3.
We need to ask in a right way. In accordance with God’s will.
I heard one preacher say just ask God and He will give it to you. That’s not so. God will give you what you can handle and what you need.
We must also remember that prayer is an act of faith. That we must be praying always. Placing our petitions before God. Asking that his will be done in our life.
Think about it.