Matthew 7:7
What did Jesus mean by saying, “Ask and you shall receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened”?
John 16:24, Jesus stated, “Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete”.
What did Jesus mean by this? Does this mean to ask for anything we want, even if you’re not a Christian or asking for righteous things?
The insight into the true meaning and significance of this well-known biblical statement say’s:
Our prayers to God are not like our requests to men. Our prayers are based in a relationship, as Jesus points out in Matthew 7:8. If a child asks his father for something the father knows to be hurtful, the request is denied. The child may be frustrated and unhappy when he doesn’t get what he asked for, but he should trust his father. When the child asks for something that the father knows is beneficial, the father will provide it eagerly because he loves his child. This is same as our heavenly Father love us.
We have another condition to the promise of “ask and receive” in John 14:14, “You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.” Here, Jesus does not promise His disciples anything and everything they want; rather, He instructs them to ask “in my name.” To pray in Jesus’ name is to pray on the basis of Jesus’ authority, but it also involves praying according to the will of God, for the will of God is what Jesus always did (John 6:38). This truth is stated in 1 John 5:14, “If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.” Our requests must be in agreement with the will of God.
The promise of “ask and receive,” even with its conditions, can never disappoint. There is no chance of things we need not being in God’s will. He promises to supply what we need when we “seek first his kingdom and his righteousness” (Matthew 6:33). Of course, what we want is not always what we need. If what we want is not in God’s will, then we really don’t want to receive it. God knows what is good for us and is faithful and loving to say “no” to selfish and foolish prayers, no matter how much we want what we’re asking for.
“Ask and You Shall Receive” Ask and it shall be given you
This is to be understood of asking of God in prayer, for such things are wanting; whether of a temporal nature, as food and clothing, which Christ, had warned against any self- indulgent and anxious concern for; or of a spiritual nature, as grace, and wisdom to behave in a proper manner, both towards God and men: and such, who ask according to the will of God, in the name of Christ, and under the direction, guidance, and influence of the Spirit, who ask in faith and fear of God, and with submission to the divine will, shall have what they ask for; not as what they deserve, but as a free gift.
Seek, and ye shall find.
This is still prayer, seeking God, his face and favor: which such shall find, who seek in a right way, by Christ, and with their whole hearts, diligently:
Knock and it shall be opened unto you
as beggars do, who use much persistence for relief and assistance. So men should stand and knock at the door of mercy, which will not always be shut against them. Faith in prayer is a key that opens this door when a person in Christ finds grace and mercy to help in time of need. Our Lord’s design is to express the nature, fervor, and commitment to prayer, and to encourage it. “Ask and You Shall Receive” Ask, From our heart’s not from our feeling.
Mark 11:24 ~ “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
Matthew 21:22 ~ “And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
James 4:3 ~ “You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.”
John 14:13-14 ~ “Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.”
John 15:7 ~ “If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Psalm 37:4 ~ “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
The word of God should be fix our hearts as we go forward,
and following Jesus in faith, not just when we want but a everyday life,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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