Asking, Seeking and Knocking

Jesus teaches us to ask, to seek and to knock at his door. But why still does he have to teach us these things. Jesus seems to be contradicting himself here. The God that He preaches is a provident, all loving and generous God who just gives. Throughout Jesus’s life his buzzword is God-knows-what-we-need; he knows us better than we know ourselves.

Even before a word comes out of our lips, God knows already everything about us. If we already have a God like this, then why still does Jesus have to teach us such habit TO ASK, TO SEEK and TO KNOCK at his Father’s door? Where to is this Gospel paradox leading us at this point of our spiritual journey? I think this Gospel truth is more pointing to us rather than pointing to God. Our asking, seeking and knocking is not meant for God as if he has an attention-seeking complex who rejoices more when we constantly go to Him or run after Him. The Gospel is pointing to who we are, to our nature as finite human beings who often times easily lose focus. The Gospel paradox is pointing to our journey in this world which is a journey of constantly asking, constantly seeking and constantly knocking at our Father’s door.