“Ask – it will be given” “Seek – you will find” “Knock – it will be opened”. I wonder how many times I read this verse and think about my own gain. What if I asked, sought, and knocked for someone else – that it would be given them, that they would find, that it would be opened for them. Why do I not think about the other person first with the intent of their needs above myself. Certainly I am not anxious, worried or concerned every day. Slow down enough to see the needs of those around us above self and then Ask, Seek, and Knock for their benefit.
Matthew 7:7
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Isaiah 55:6
“Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts
2 Chronicles 15:1
The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without law, but when in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them
Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord