I ask for what I wish, seek for what I miss, and knock for that from which I feel shut out. Jesus gives assurance that I will receive, find, and the door will be opened. The point in these two verses is confidence and faith in God.
I have owned a coo-coo clock for many years. The other day, I was changing the time after a long vacation trip when the hour arm snapped off. It flew quicker than my eye could see. I heard, “Ting,” for it hit something somewhere in the direction I logically believed it had flown. I did not see it, but I believe it went that way.
Not much was in the direction I logically concluded it flew. However, when I looked and looked again it was not to be seen. Still, I cannot find it. Every once in a while I know I will look for it again in the hope that it can be found. The clock will not be whole and correct until its hour arm is back on. I cannot be sure I will ever find the coo-coo clock hour arm.
However, Jesus wants me to be sure that I will get what I ask God for. I just need to be persistent in faith. I am reminded of the Syrophoenician woman who was persistent in asking Jesus to heal her daughter of demon possession. “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” (Matthew 15:27; Mark 7:28)
Then he told her, “For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.” She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
