Matthew 7:7-8
“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.
Rob asked not long ago what was our addiction. Mine is doing. I don't sit still very well. If I'm physically still I'm not mentally still. My mind will go to the next thing and then the next thing and then the next. If given enough time I can plan an insurmountable amount of things. I'm the one that buys Christmas stuff in September. I would buy it in July if it was in stores. When I'm not planning, I'm moving towards that plan. Calling. Asking. Sometimes pestering. Whatever it takes to get it done. Getting it done so I can go to the next thing. So I can check it off my to-do list. Spontaneity is not my strength.
It's inevitable that there's a point halfway through almost every plan where I'm so focused on what I'm doing that I almost miss the fact that the plan is falling apart. It's just not working the way it was supposed to. I say this and then his response is that and then everything will be perfect. I never reach perfect. I go back mentally and check the plan and the failure point is obvious. I hear Matthew 7:7-8 “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.” I didn't ask God, seek His guidance, or look for His direction. I moved with what I thought was best. I got caught in the best logical solution I could find. When I seek, ask, and knock, the next step becomes clear. A fail becomes an opportunity to do His work. A derail is put back on track when I seek His face. Doing and planning becomes a pleasure because my intent is on Him. When I do seek Him, everything fits into place that no amount of “doing” could overcome. It works because He has a plan.
“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.
Rob asked not long ago what was our addiction. Mine is doing. I don't sit still very well. If I'm physically still I'm not mentally still. My mind will go to the next thing and then the next thing and then the next. If given enough time I can plan an insurmountable amount of things. I'm the one that buys Christmas stuff in September. I would buy it in July if it was in stores. When I'm not planning, I'm moving towards that plan. Calling. Asking. Sometimes pestering. Whatever it takes to get it done. Getting it done so I can go to the next thing. So I can check it off my to-do list. Spontaneity is not my strength.
It's inevitable that there's a point halfway through almost every plan where I'm so focused on what I'm doing that I almost miss the fact that the plan is falling apart. It's just not working the way it was supposed to. I say this and then his response is that and then everything will be perfect. I never reach perfect. I go back mentally and check the plan and the failure point is obvious. I hear Matthew 7:7-8 “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.” I didn't ask God, seek His guidance, or look for His direction. I moved with what I thought was best. I got caught in the best logical solution I could find. When I seek, ask, and knock, the next step becomes clear. A fail becomes an opportunity to do His work. A derail is put back on track when I seek His face. Doing and planning becomes a pleasure because my intent is on Him. When I do seek Him, everything fits into place that no amount of “doing” could overcome. It works because He has a plan.
