"Year in Review" - March

My favorite part of March was Thursday nights when we would have 80 to 90 people participate in the RESET Group on campus. My favorite entry came from March 10th...

HOW

We are currently revisiting the story of Jesus as written by Luke. Our goal is to complete Luke’s account with the RESET series. In order to do that, we will periodically skip over a passage. Today, we receive a reminder about prayer.

Luke 11

1 Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

2 Jesus said, “This is how you should pray: “Father, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon.

3 Give us each day the food we need,

4 and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And don’t let us yield to temptation.”

5 Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose you went to a friend’s house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him,

6 ‘A friend of mine has just arrived for a visit, and I have nothing for him to eat.’

7 And suppose he calls out from his bedroom, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is locked for the night, and my family and I are all in bed. I can’t help you.’

8 But I tell you this - though he won’t do it for friendship’s sake, if you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need because of your shameless persistence.

9 “And so I tell you, 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.

10 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

How. I love verse 10; but too often I forget verses 2-4. I love hearing that I will receive what I ask for. I forget that I am supposed to ask for is what I need to survive physically (food) and spiritually (forgiveness). I love hearing that I will find what I am seeking. I forget that I am supposed to seek God’s honor in my life and in this world. I love hearing that the doors (opportunities) I am knocking on will be opened. I forget that the doors I should be knocking on lead to opportunities to forgive and escape temptation.