The Act Of Asking

Matthew 7:7 (NIV)
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."


This verse is so familiar to me that sometimes I take it for granted.
"Alam naman na ni God yung kailangan ko eh, bakit kailangan ko pa hingiin sa Kanya?" (God already knows what I need, why do I still need to ask Him?) This was my question. If God is all-knowing, why do I still need to ask Him before He gives me what I need? Is He that busy that I need to write a "blessing" request to heaven just to have my "blessing" be released along with the other gazillion requests all over the world?

Then it dawned on me: God wants to talk to me. He's eager to listen.

Ako pala yung masyadong busy. Ako pala yung hindi alam ang gusto ko talaga. (It's me who's too busy. It's me who do not really know what I want.)

The Act of Asking is communication with God. When we approach Him with all our requests, it means we talk to Him and that is what He wants. Going in a deeper relationship with God entails CONSTANT communication with Him. Just like any other relationship, communication makes it stronger.

I feel so blessed having a Father who's eager to listen to me, whom I can approach with ANYTHING. Doesn't everyone of us want that? Someone who would listen to us. We already have Him, we just have to realize that.

God is listening to you, you just need to speak up.
A.S.K.
Ask. Seek. Knock.


Hebrews 4:16 (NIV)
Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.