matthew 7 vs 7

 Jesus explains that our Father in heaven loves to answer our prayers and give us that which we seek. He tells his disciples that just like a good father gives good things to his children, so will your Father when we sincerely ask, seek, and knock.

Ask and you shall receive mean in the Bible of Matthew 7 7?The phrase “ask and you shall receive” tells us that when we come to God in prayer with a need or desire, He will answer our prayers. It is a promise of divine provision— if we ask God for something in faith, He will give it to us.

I pray that You align our desires with Your purpose for our lives. Let us never stop seeking Your true riches; grace, kindness, and mercy. Let us never stop seeking a righteous life and Your Kingdom. I pray that we continue to constantly come to Your throne of grace in prayer, knocking at the door of mercy.

7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye. shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh. findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

New International Version
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

New Living Translation
“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.

English Standard Version
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Berean Standard Bible
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

The most common interpretation of these verses, which are also found at Luke 11:9–10, is that they are a return to the issue of prayer, which was discussed in the last chapter and is quite clearly addressed by the subsequent verses. In this view asking, seeking, and knocking are all metaphors for the act of prayer. In the original language the terms ask, seek, and knock are/were intended to mean a continuous act versus a one-time act: Ask (and keep asking), and it will be given you. Seek (and keep seeking), and you will find. Knock (and keep knocking) and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks (and keeps on asking) receives. He who seeks (and keeps on seeking) finds. To him who knocks (and keeps on knocking) the door will be opened. Notes that asking implies humility, an inferior asking for aid from a superior.

 The person praying who prays to God has obviously already decided that it is there that their answers are to be found. Morris feels that seeking in prayer means that the person does not know exactly what they need and feel that they can seek the answer to this question through God. 

 summarizes this by describing seeking as "asking plus acting. Knocking, was also a metaphor for prayer in the Jewish literature of this period. Later in Matthew, however, knocking will be a metaphor for gaining admittance to the Kingdom of Heaven.

This implies that the asking, seeking, and knocking are all described as continuous actions, and this implies that prayer to be effective should also be a continual habit, rather than an occasional plea.  knocking may be linked to the Narrow Gate metaphor found in Matthew 7:13.

The verse presents prayer as certain to be answered, and the following verses explain why this is. This of course cannot mean that every demand made of God will be met in full. ln

 Matthew 6:5-13 Jesus has already laid out some rules for proper prayer. These verses thus cannot apply to all prayer, but only those who truly seek God. Christian theology has long tried to address the issue of prayers that seem unanswered. One notion is that God only gives good gifts. Even if you ask for something that will harm you, he will not provide it. Thus a prayer for wealth may not be answered, as such wealth may damage one's spiritual soul.

In Matthew 6:8 Jesus also states that prayer is not necessary as God knows what a person needs even before they ask him.  while prayer is not useful to God, it is useful to humans. If we do not have to toil through continuous prayer before receiving God's grace we will grow soft.