7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!” [Matthew 7:7-11]
Lately, a few phrases have been on rotation in my heart, in my mind. One of those is “how much more.” “How much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!” Jesus even ends the statement with emphasis, with an exclamation point. This is serious! How much more. How much more! God, I know that this probably can’t be said of me now but – when I meet You face to face and You present to me an account of my life, I pray that You could say with joy that I erred on the side of obnoxious, offensive, childlike faith because I just asked, asked, and asked all that I could of You – because I trusted THAT much in Your goodness, because I trusted THAT much in You being a good, good Father to me.