Matt 7:7   Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

              

One of the important things when looking at this verse is to understand the tense of the verbs. Each one is ongoing so it is “ask and keep on asking, seek and keep on seeking, knock and keep on knocking.” There is, then, a suggestion that Jesus is looking for our persistence or perseverance in the Christian faith.

 

It is almost as if God is looking for the sincerity of our approach. Do we really want this or are we being half-hearted about it?  When we pray and ask for something, do we really want it, and do we really believe God wants it for us?  If we do then we will go on asking and asking until we get it. That was the point of Jesus' parable in Lk 18:1-8.

 

When we are seeking something in our Christian life before God, do we really want it and do we really believe that God wants us to have it, because if we do, we'll keep on and on looking until we get it!  Likewise if we want a doorway of opportunity, say, to be opened up before us, do we really want that when we go knocking on heaven's door, and do we really believe that this is God's will for us? 

 

Much of the time we need to come to a place where we are convinced of God's will and once we are, then we need to pray, seek and knock until we get it. This verse is really all about coming to assurance over God's will for our lives and then going for that until we get it.