I just finished a trip where I stayed in a hotel that provided a large and elaborate breakfast everyday for its guests. However, not every guest was allowed to partake in the breakfast. It looked delicious, and each morning I looked longingly at the croissants piled high, the glistening smoked salmon, and the steaming scrambled eggs. I assumed my room rate did not include the breakfast because we were there as part of a conference for my husband’s job, and his company usually books frugal travel options.
However on the last morning of our stay, I decided to ask about the breakfast. They informed us that the breakfast was indeed included with our room. Although I was chagrined at having missed out on all those delicious “free” meals, I was delighted to finally enjoy the bounties provided.
All I had to do was ask.
Today’s verse reminds me of that experience. God wants me to ask Him for what I really want and think I need. He will always provide the best for me, whatever He, in His perfect and infinite wisdom, determines that to be. He gets great joy from blessing His children.
But He wants me to ask Him, to look for Him in my situation, and to be fairly aggressive about it. I actually have to knock.
I used to collect funds for UNICEF as a child. We knocked on strangers’ doors, and it was scary. Sometimes I chickened out. But more often, the people were friendly and actually contributed to my cause. (This was in olden times when such things were more normal.)
God wants me to knock on His door. He wants me to participate in my own blessings. And according to today’s verse, He is waiting inside ready to receive me with love.
Dear God,
Thank you for the invitation to knock on your door and for the promise that you will answer. What a wonderful gift! Forgive me for the times when I have walked right on by your door, wishing for things, grumbling about things, but never talking to you about them. Today, I come knocking.
CamDevo 