"Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7: 7-8 (NLT)
But we have to keep on beloved. We have to keep on asking. We have to keep on seeking. We have to keep on knocking. By asking we will receive. By seeking we will find. By knocking, the doors to the future God has for us will be opened. Floating will accomplish none of this. Floating will just see us drift further and further away from where God wants us to be. The world will seep into our lungs and soon we will find ourselves drowning in the very things Christ has already overcome for us.
We can find ourselves carried away as the key verses say today. We can lose our secure footing. These verses from 2Peter implore us however to continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ. We must continue swimming, moving forward and not give the enemy a foothold in our lives.
Because the enemy will use whatever we are willing to give him. If we give him our pride he will use it against us. If we give him our lust he will use it against us. There is so much more that God has for you today. There is another level He wishes to take you to. But we have to pursue to get there. We have to swim to avoid sinking in the things of this world. We must be asking. We must be seeking. We must be knocking. Keep on keeping on today.
Reverend Anthony Wade September 16, 2010
