3 Key's to Getting Wisdom: Keep Asking, Keep Seeking, Keep Knocking

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, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? 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 good things to those who ask Him!

What kind of relationship would you have with someone if you never spoke to them?

Marriage

It would be a terribly shallow relationship

It would be nearly inexistent and

Remember back

Middle and High School

Passing Notes in class/ Putting notes in a locker or on a car

Sending text messages

There was a consistency with the communication that produced and intimacy where you began to know the person.

Consistency Produces Intimacy

There is a repetition of consistent & persistent communication and dependance on the Lord

ASK, SEEK, KNOCK

Jesus is continuing his thought of telling us how to receive the wisdom that we will need to navigate life

It is impossible to have the Wisdom and Discernment the Lord wants to give, without us being fully dependent on Him to give it

Keep doing these things: ASKING, SEEKING, KNOCKING= PRAYING

ASK

Ask with Humility Like a traveler trying to find their way

How often do we find ourselves asking the question

What am I supposed to do, or where am I supposed to go?

We are asking the Lord for His Divine wisdom

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SEEK

Seek Him as though you are looking for something valuable

I value the relationship that I have with you

I value who you are and want to spend time with you

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KNOCK

As though you are entering into someones house

There is a depth and place of intimacy when you are going over to someones house

They are inviting you into their most personal of spaces

Progression

Greater depth of intimacy as we consistently seek Him

He is saying the saying the same thing 3 different ways to drive home a point

Keep Seeking me with ALL of your heart

Jeremiah 29:12-14

12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you,

Matthew 7:8

For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

Intimacy Produces Generosity

Matthew 7:8-11

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, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? 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 good things to those who ask Him!

Intimacy Produces Generosity

Our Relationship with the Lord is likened to that of Him being our Father

Comparison of an Earthly Father

If you then being “Evil”

Despite having a sinful Nature

As parents we give generously to our kids

There is an intimacy that God desires to have with us as His children

1 John 3:1

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!

As His Children he lavishes (gives Generously) gifts to us

James 1:17

17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

He is consistent in His generosity toward us

The only thing he can and will give to us is good gifts

Luke 11:13

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!”

Fruit of the Spirit

Sundays

10:38

Personhood of the Spirit

The Spirit is Omniscient

Omniscient= All Knowing/Knowledgeable

It is through this personal and intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit that we hear His voice, that we know what he is speaking to us

Intimate Relationship with Timothy and Olivia;

Know what they are saying

The Same what the the Father gives to His Kids;

We Hear and know his voice

He wants to speak to You

Devotions

Generosity Produces Generosity

1 John 4:7-11

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

We know what true Love is because it was generously given to us

He wants us to Generously give it to others

Matthew 7:12

Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Therefore

Whats it there for?

It is a summation

Summing up all that was said before

God Wants:

You to Consistently Seek Him in Prayer

As you consistently Seek him in Prayer you will grow in intimacy with Him

As you Grow in Intimacy with Him you will experience His Generosity of Wisdom and Love

He wants you to Love others as He has Loved you

These are the Practices/Outworking's of Christ Followers

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When was the Last Time you enjoyed meaningful time alone with God

So good that you didn’t want to leave it

It was just you, reading in His Presence

He will Speak

Keep Asking

Keep Seeking

Keep Knocking

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