On the Other Side of the Door

“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.”

Luke 11:9-10 (New International Version)

Last Sunday’s passage here was taken from a little known and probably little read book of the Bible, Haggai. Yet one of the most commonly recited passages, the one above, almost mirrors it.

Last week, Haggai told us that we plant but don’t harvest much, we eat but are never full, we earn money but are still broke. We continually strive for things we will never achieve on our own.

Today, we’re told how to get everything we need. We have to stop working so hard all on our own. All we need to do instead is ask, seek and knock. Maybe we won’t receive what we want or find what we think we are looking for, but the door will always be opened to us. On the other side, salvation is waiting for us. It is a free gift which costs us nothing other than to let go, believe and step through the open door.

Lord, God, send Your Holy Spirit into our lives so that we may let go of our self-centered natures and turn to You for all we need. Amen.

I know - I take the dumbest pictures. This was on a bathroom door in a gas station we stopped at while we were camping last month. Thinking about today's blog, I'm reminded that sometimes God doesn't open doors for us because He knows what's on the other side.