Profitable Persistence

 ”“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. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.“ Luke‬ ‭11‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

The fundamental principle of asking and receiving from God is that the subject of request is at the centre of the will of God. Notwithstanding, not every request at the centre of the will of God receives automatic rendering without the progressive and persistent process of asking, seeking, and knocking. Since the believer’s archenemy against the fulfillment of the will of God is the Devil, it is important for every seeker to understand that the Devil is first the enemy of God and His will before his inheritance of the welfare. Has anyone considered the fact that it takes a greater resource to seek than asking? Likewise, knocking demands greater resources than seeking. Oftentimes, each step in the process of asking, seeking, and knocking reveals additional degrees of difficulty, complexity, and opposition that attract greater resources from a persistent seeker. For example, without a profitable persistence within a span of more than two thousand years, tourists, grave robbers, and archaeologists searched in vain for the tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs. It was 3265 years later, on 26 November 1922, that Howard Carter made the world’s most exciting archaeological discovery of the  tomb and treasure of King Tutankhamun, who reigned from 1352 to 1343 BC. Therefore, believers in the promises of God must learn how to ask in prayer, seek with patience, and knock perseveringly until the fulfillment of promises is received. And when Jesus said “for everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened”, He meant every persistent believer in the Father’s will is assured of a successful and profitable discovery.