I love spending the night at a hotel when my husband and I are on a road trip. I book the room online so all we must do is check in at the front desk, receive our room key, and traipse off to our resting place.
But on one such trip, something disconcerting happened. Slipping the key card into the locking device on the door did not make the little red light turn green. The door handle refused to budge. What was wrong? Our credit card was good, we had paid for the room, and the desk clerk gave us this room number and directions on how to find it.
Back to the front desk, we had to go. The hotel manager had made a mistake. She sent us to the wrong room but easily remedied her mistake. And it turned out that the room intended for us was nicer than the room we tried to access.
After praying unceasingly, I often wonder why I don’t receive what I ask Jesus for. I recently noticed that Jesus didn’t say we’d receive what we specifically ask for, but we will definitely receive. We may not find what we’re looking for, but we will discover what God knows we need. The door we knock on might not be the one we should go through, but a door will open to allow us to enter the best that Jesus has for us.
Asking, seeking, and knocking involve repeated actions in our relationship with the Lord. Be faithful in these actions and see what God will do.
Anita van der Elst finds joy in creating with words, believing God gifted her with the desire to do so. Married to her best friend, Edward, since 1976, she is a proud mom of four adult children and Oma to two of the most delightful grandchildren ever. Other joys in her life include bringing beauty to Facebook through photos she takes on her iPhone, facilitating a small women’s group at church, and mentoring a few friends who also desire to write.