Matthew 7 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read Matthew 7.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/mat/7/1/s_936001

Meditate on the first command in verse 7.

 

Ask.

 

Jesus commands you to ask the Father for what you need.  The word ask is repeated five times in verses 7-11.  Ask is the Greek word aiteo, and it means “to beg, crave, call for, desire, and require”.¹ The command comes with the promise that when you keep asking the Father, He gives you good gifts (vs. 7, 11).  Ponder the gravity of this command, keeping it in the context of two more commands in verse 7: “Seek” and “Knock.”  As you read God’s Word and talk to Him about the things He desires and requires, hear Jesus say to you:

 

If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever

 you wish, and it will be done for you.

—John 15:7

 

Pray Matthew 7:7 and 11 as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

 

“LORD, You command me to ask, seek, and knock.

You promise when I do, it will be given to me; I will find, and it will be opened to me.

Thank You, Father, that You know much more than I, how to give good to me when I ask You.

(Continue to beg the Father for the desires He places on your heart [Psalm 37:4].)

In Your name, Jesus~”

 

We discovered 12 commands in this chapter.  How many can you find?  As you walk the rest of this day with Jesus, focus on obeying His last two commands in the chapter:

 

“Hear these words of Mine and act on them.”

—Matthew 7:24

 

 

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