One evening, I was sitting around and enjoying a copious meal with brothers and sisters of a, recently decided, home church when God spoke to me.
I was delighting my hunger on a bowl of hot soup and a side of steaming rice. As I was going away at my dish, I noticed a plate filled with deep-fried “crispy on the outside, tender and juicy in the inside” pork chops in front of a sister. My eyes were drawn to this plate and consistently caught myself starring and bracing the curiosity of its taste.
As I finished my dish, along with everyone else slowly coming to the same conclusion, my eyes, again, shifted over to the plate of pork chops – which remained untouched! One of the brothers then turned to me and enquired, “Are you going to finish your pork chops?”. I responded, almost immediately and in certainty that it was not mine. After a quick memory jolt, I looked up with amazement and underserving joy and realized that it was, in deed, mine and I had ordered it! The sister, in front of me, gently pushes the plate towards me and says, “Here, enjoy – this has always been yours, all you had to do was ask”. A few minutes before this, we were discussing that to ask God for things, we must also seek and knock.
If only I had asked my friend from the start if I could try a piece of the pork chop, I would have known that it was already mine and could have enjoyed it from the very beginning (while still HOT!).
God has already given it to us. He has already blessed us. He has already forgiven us of all our sins. He has already taken care of us. He has already provided. All we have to do is to accept it, believe it and receive it.
“…His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue…” (2 Peter 1:3) (NKJV)
"Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us..." (Ephesians 3:20)(NKJV)
“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 seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.” (Matthew 7:7)(NLT)
If we do not ask, we will not receive. If we do not seek, we will not find. If we do not knock, it will not open.
Some times we may just need a reminder that God has already provided all things through Christ. More often than not, we are more focused on our situation - what we have, what we want, what we see and what we understand – very apparent when I was enjoying my soup and eyeing down the plate of pork chops. It is THEN, that we should turn our focus on God and ASK, SEEK and KNOCK by His word and guidance through trust and faith. It is THEN, we will see His blessings pour down upon us!
