{"id":136253,"date":"2022-01-08T04:45:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T10:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/?p=136253"},"modified":"2022-01-06T06:07:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T12:07:58","slug":"31-q","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/08\/31-q\/","title":{"rendered":"31.q. “For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek Him”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Matthew 7:7\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAsk, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 10:17<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Jeremiah 33:3<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 50:15<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Jeremiah 29:12-13<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 86:5<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Isaiah 55:6-7<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cSeek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;\u00a0\u00a0let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 69:32<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0When the humble see it they will be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Amos 5:4<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: \u201cSeek me and live;<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Proverbs 8:17<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Hebrews 11:6<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.<\/p>\n

Revelation 3:17-18<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yet the image of knocking also implies that there is a door that\u00a0can<\/i> be opened. \u201cHis doors are meant to open: they were made on purpose for entrance, and so the blessed gospel of God is made on purpose for you to enter into life and peace. It would be of no use to knock at a wall, but you may wisely knock at a door, for it is arranged for opening.\u201d (Spurgeon)<\/p>\n

One would think knocking on the door implies that there is someone on the other side of it. Why would a person knock on the door if no one was expected to be there to answer it? How many, though, come and knock with no expectation, but rather to see if anyone is home. Their knock is empty, soundless, and void of belief, trust, faith, and reliance on Jesus Christ. Their knock is not with any expectation, by faith, that Jesus Christ is, out of grace, mercy, and love, waiting for their knock. No, the knock by this person is not in humble surrender to Jesus Christ with a humble believing heart that believes God\u2019s Word; \u201cKnock and it will be opened to you\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We are invited to a door that leads to the Creator of all there is, All-Powerful, All-knowing Almighty God. Coming to and knocking on this door should be reverent of who is on the other side. How many times do we knock on this door with a heart that is nothing more than an expectant demand? Shouldn\u2019t our knock be humble? Shouldn\u2019t our knock be reverent? Shouldn\u2019t we know we are on holy ground while standing before this door? Are we to stand there with puffed-out chests demanding to be let in and our requests heard? Let it never be so. Let us come before this door with awe, humbleness, belief, trust, and reliance in He who is more than able to do more than we ask and much more than we can imagine. Let us examine our hearts before knocking.\u00a0 <\/span>Let our knock be pure of heart, mind, and soul, and then there will be honor and glory to whom all honor and glory belong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Matthew 7:7\u00a0 \u201cAsk, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him … Continue reading “31.q. “For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek Him””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1843,855,917,2633,199,378,1765,5661,466,3354,1574,335,164,2,15578,2630,2637,5651,1788,2896,76,171,11838,2726,15577,336,2971,4936,132,796,4896,379,2638,377,137,1700,1377,2636,1413,2644,111,1423,511,2970,3532,270,15576],"class_list":["post-136253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-abundantly-pardon","tag-afflicted","tag-all-your-heart","tag-ask","tag-believe","tag-blind","tag-call-on-him","tag-call-upon-you","tag-compassion","tag-day-of-trouble","tag-deliver-you","tag-draw-near","tag-evil","tag-faith","tag-father-in-heaven","tag-find-me","tag-finds","tag-forgiving","tag-glad","tag-glorify-me","tag-god","tag-good","tag-good-gifts","tag-hear-you","tag-hearts-revived","tag-humble","tag-incline-your-ear","tag-israel","tag-knock","tag-lord","tag-love-me","tag-naked","tag-opened","tag-pitiable","tag-poor","tag-pray-to-me","tag-prospered","tag-receives","tag-return","tag-rewards","tag-rich","tag-seek","tag-steadfast-love","tag-strengthen-their-heart","tag-unrighteous","tag-wicked","tag-wrethed"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136253"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136335,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136253\/revisions\/136335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}