40 Days...Day 25

Good Morning Church,
Today is day 25 on our 40 day journey to bring ourselves closer to God. Today’s text is found in Luke 11:5-13

Luke 11:5-13
5Then He said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; 6for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him'; 7and from inside he answers and says, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.' 8"I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

9"So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10"For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.

11"Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? 12"Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he?

13"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"

Persistence, this is one of the main points of this entire exercise. Are you willing to be persistent? Are you willing to keep asking and keep seeking until you find what you are looking for?

I have heard it said many times that “you do not have, because you do not ask”, this is it, God is telling us to keep asking and keep seeking.
There aren’t any shortcuts in life, it is exactly what we are calling it, a journey. That does not mean that we cant have fun along the way, but our trip does include a big dose of persistence to keep us going in the right direction.