I cannot get up to give you anything.’ I tell you, if
he does not get up to give him the loaves because of their friendship, he will get
up to give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.
“And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and
you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks,
receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door
will be opened. What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks
for a fish?
Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg? If you
then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much
more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
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What if we don’t persist? We miss the chance to know
Jesus more deeply, and we miss the opportunity to develop a much deeper
friendship with Him. Take, for example, our Sunday Mass obligation. What would
happen if we stop attending every Sunday? We would miss the chance to know
Jesus deeply, be showered by His many blessings, and grow in faith.
Yes, God knows everything about us already but we
still need to be persistent before Him. For this is where He would know how
deep is our love for Him. When we don’t give up on Jesus and when we continue
to let Him know that we always hunger for Him. Surely Jesus will not be deaf
and blind to our petitions before Him.
Jesus will certainly smile at us and tell us: Here it is that you want I’m giving it to you now because you did not give up. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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