Modified on 03/22/2019
Luk 11:9-10 “So I say to you: 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.
Asking and receiving is like a child asking something from his mother/father. The parents knows
what his child’s intention in asking for something. If the he parent sees that what his/her child
asks for is justifiable and the motivation behind it is pure it would be given. But if the parent does
not see that it does not help his/her child in any way or the motivation behind it is not good, it
would not be given. Another factor is if his/her child is obedient and does what is pleasing to
his/her parent it would be given as a reward rather than something asked and received.
When is the time that you would not get what you have asked for?
Jam 4:2-3 You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not
receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your
pleasures.
This means that if your intention/motive is not in line with God’s plans or just to glorify
the flesh, it would not be given.
Motives of the heart.
1co 4:4-5 It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait
until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the
motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.
Jer 17:10 “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according
to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”