Gospel Reading for July 27, 2025 – Luke 11: 1-13
OMNISCIENT
Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test.”
And he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing to offer him,’ and he says in reply from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are already in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’ I tell you, if he does not get up to give the visitor 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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When we knock on God’s door, do we have expectations on how he should answer our prayer? If we do, then we would be in for a disappointment.
God is OMNISCIENT. He knows what is best for us. He alone knows how our prayers should be answered or when they should be answered. This is why, Faith is so very important when we pray. When we have enough Faith in God, when the answer seems to take long, we continue praying because we believe he knows the right time. When the door opens, we accept and thank him for whatever comes. Usually, it will take years before we realize the wisdom of why it took some time for our prayer to be answered, or whatever the answer to our prayer was, but we will surely thank him again and again in the future.
Teach us Lord, to never lose faith in you when the going gets rough!
