Just Ask

What in your life provides satisfaction, joy, and true meaning?  There is a void within us that must be filled, and whether we realize it or not we search desperately to fill it.   We bury ourselves in our work or our families, in sports, in politics, in humanitarian efforts, or causes.  We pursue religion and works thinking it is the answer.  We seek recognition, wealth, or power attempting to satisfy the desire inside of us.  Most of our pursuits are not bad and result in many good things, yet we are not satisfied.  There is something missing.  We want something full, and rich, and satisfying.  In our youth we search asking “what will I do with my life”, in our middle age we doubt asking “what am I doing with my life” and in our late years we look back and wonder “what did I do with my life”.   No matter where you are, if you have not found what you need to fill the void, allow yourself the freedom to hear a pure, simple promise. 

“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.” Matthew 7:7-8

 “I am the door, and the person who enters through me will be saved and will be able to come in and go out and find pasture.  A thief comes to steal and kill and destroy, but I came to give life—life in all its fullness.” John 10:9-10

Jesus is that “something” we all seek.  He is the passageway to life; and not just any life, but life in all its fullness.  His offer is rich and full and satisfying.  He says I am the door that when opened and walked through provides all that you could ever want or imagine. 

Take notice of a few things.  The promise is bed-rock solid and there for us, but we must understand Jesus is the only way.   There is only one door to life.   We must ask to find this door and we must seek the door.   This is our choice and it is a daily choice.  Notice and be warned that there is a thief who will come to steal our hearts and minds away.  The thief, Satan will do all in his power to divert us.  We are easy prey to wealth, troubles, and the day to day worries of this life.   To be warned is to be armed. The battle is worth it.  Take heart from the promise of God that if we seek Him we will find Him.  If we seek Him first everything else we worry about will be taken care of.  He promises us that.  We must fight our stubborn and fearful hearts.  Accept that the Lord is good and that life will be found in Him and Him alone. 

Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. Fear the LORD, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing.  The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.  Psalm 34:8-11

Father open my eyes to see You and Your salvation.  Guide me in paths of righteousness.  Deliver me from evil.  Thank you for Your promises.  Amen

Scotty Elston
Shallowater, Texas