This morning, the verse of the day on Bible Gateway was Matthew 7:7-8 – a very familiar passage. When I was younger, we sang these words in a song. I memorized these verses as a child and have been back to them in my personal journey all my life.
But this morning, as a I meditated on Jesus’ words in these two verses, I began to see them in a different light. Here is what Jesus said:
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
The thought hit me, rather than seeing these three examples of seeking God as Jesus simply restating the same action, what if we look at Jesus’ words as a progression toward spiritual maturity.
At the first stage, we are just curious. We make some inquiries about God and what God might be up to in the world. As we gain answers to those questions, we determine to pursue it further. We make an intentional decision to put some effort into investigating – we now have skin in the game – we become more invested. Our seeking reveals the truth that caught our attention and peaked our curiosity that began this process. But now, we are faced with the truth we have sought out and we must decide what to do with it. At that point, we have to have the courage to follow through – to actually put ourselves out there and risk – we have to actually “knock.”
As we progress along The Way, we will be faced with things about God and this journey that we are on that grab our interest. Those things will move us to seek out new or renewed truth. But we have not arrived just because we have been exposed to that truth. We have to do something with it – we have to step out and follow through – we have to begin to live it.
Don’t just ask today. And don’t stop short by simply seeking. Follow through.
Be blessed!
Clay in the Hands 
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