I have this mysteriously recurring $60 charge on my cell phone bill. I tried canceling it, but it just won’t cancel. So I keep paying for it like an idiot, month after month. Interestingly enough, I haven’t ever called the company to get it resolved. Should I feel undignified for having to pay the bill I never get adjusted? Absolutely not! I’m just getting what I deserve. I’m too lazy or it’s too convenient to simply pay than it is to call customer service. You won’t hear any complaints from me about it… until that time of the month rolls around and I have to pay that money. And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. (Luke 11:9 ESV) Jesus teaches us something simple: If you need something, go through the motions to get it. Who would have thought? We’re so used to going to mommy and daddy for stuff, that we don’t know how to get it on our own. Okay, only some of us have that problem and it’s only half the time that we have that problem. The other half of the time we don’t get what we need is because we’re to ashamed to be asking or seeking. You need your finances to become better– ask. You need a better job to serve the world better– seek. You need to know who your neighbor is so that you can invite them to church– knock. For such a shameless society, we’re too individually ashamed. Jesus wants us to ask, seek and knock so that he can answer, give and open. This is not only in regards to things of this world and our physiological needs, but our spiritual ones as well. Ask impudently, seek unabashed, knock blatantly and see what Jesus offers you.