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WORD17, Week 16

April 24, 2017 by Kristi 2 Comments

Welcome to WORD17!

Our memory verse this month is Matthew 7:7.

There are three verbs. We talked about that a couple of Mondays ago here.

All are separate, or are they?

Digging into BlueLetterBible.org, we find a daisy-chain connection between all three verbs and our faith. Here’s what the Matthew Henry Commentary on BlueLetterBible.org offers:
“Ask; represent your wants and burthens to God, and refer yourselves to him for support and supply, according to his promise.

Seek, as for a thing of value that we have lost, or as the merchantman that seeks goodly pearls. Seek by prayer, Dan. 9:3.

Knock, as he that desires to enter into the house knocks at the door.’ We would be admitted to converse with God, would be taken into his love, and favour, and kingdom; sin has shut and barred the door against us; by prayer, we knock; Lord, Lord, open to us. Christ knocks at our door (Rev. 3:20; Cant. 5:2); and allows us to knock at his, which is a favour we do not allow to common beggars. Seeking and knocking imply something more than asking and praying.”¹

Do you see it?

Ask – go to Him for all our support, for everything we need.

Seek – diligently, as though we’ve lost a treasure.

Knock – as though we desire and have hopefilled expectation to enter, to talk with God.

And all of this is wrapped in a neat virtual bow of understanding that God is God and man is man. He is the God, the master who made the universe and we are a creation of His hand. We go to Him, setting aside our will, and seeking diligently His, trusting our God knows best.

And the door opens wide.

Action Step:

In what area is God wooing you to ask, seek, and knock? In what area do you sense a struggle? Consider offering it to Him now.

¹ Blue Letter Bible. “Matthew Henry: Commentary on Matthew 7”. Accessed 4/20/17. http://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/mhc/Mat/Mat_007.cfm?a=936007.

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Comments

  1. Linda Stoll says

    April 26, 2017 at 8:34 am

    Kristi … thanks for helping us see the link between these words. One leads to the other and back and forth again.

    Our faith walk in black and white.

    Blessings to you today, friend …

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  2. Betsy de Cruz says

    April 27, 2017 at 8:00 pm

    Hey there, Kristi. I appreciated these thoughts on this verse, friend. I’ve never heard of BlueLetterBible. Will have to check it out!

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