7. Matthew 7:7-12: Jesus on money teaches us to keep asking for things

This is the seventh post that I will be undertaking over the next 2 weeks in which we will be looking at everything (pretty much!) Jesus said about money in the gospels. In order to do this I will be putting up two posts each day. This is coinciding with a 2-week preaching series that we going through at Community Church Putney- Jesus On Giving.

Children often know a spiritual principle that adults can forget- If you want something, ask for it… again and again and again...

Most children know that their parents love them and that they have all the stuff. 

Jesus on money teaches us that when we have a need we are to ‘ask', then we are to ‘seek' then we are to ‘knock’. Then God, our father, promises to ‘give’, and promises that we will ‘find', and that the door of our problem will ‘open’. 

Jesus taught,

“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; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

“Which of you, if your 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! So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. (Matthew 7:7-12)

Jesus on money wants to teach us to balance trust ( our perfect Heavenly Father knows and will meet our needs) with perseverance (keep on asking for what you need).

Take a moment to ask God to search you:  what do you need? Write it down, date it, keep asking and trusting.