Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 7:7-11

Matthew 7:7-11, James 4:3, Luke 18:1-8

I have a one and a half year old, and let me tell you, I never thought my life would become so monotonous. The same things at the same time. Currently he is wearing a baby shark shirt for the third day in a row because he keeps pulling it out the laundry and bringing it to me to put on him. Sometimes I get so frustrated, I’m constantly telling him not to throw food on the floor, not to jump off the chair and not to throw things out the doggy door. Again and again, day after day, I do the same things in hopes that my son would eventually learn. 

Reading this passage today I was reminded of the verse in Luke 18, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.” We serve a God who isn’t frustrated by our constant forgetfulness, or our battle with sin. In fact, our God is the one who set the sun and moon to rise every day. He set the seasons. He set the world to orbit. Again and again these things happen, and I can’t help but be in awe of God’s patience toward us. 

This passage says, “Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find.” I wonder how often our impatience and boredom leads us to forsake repeatedly seeking the Lord for wisdom and discernment. As humans we are fickle and forgetful, we make mistakes. It is only God who has perfect judgement. I love what Warren Weirsebe says, “If we are to have spiritual discernment, we must keep on asking God, keep seeking His will, keep on knocking on the door that leads to greater ministry. God meets the needs of His children.”

We must not grow tired of asking, and we must believe that as a Father loves and delights in His son, God loves and delights in us. He wants to surprise us, to make us know we are special, and if we who are evil, give good gifts to our children, what better gifts await us from our Heavenly Father.