Luke 11:9-10

“So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."

Just before this verse, Jesus is giving an example of a person who is willing to go to a friend at midnight and ask for some bread. The difficult thing is to ask, to seek help, to knock on someone else's door at midnight. We talk ourselves out of asking for this kind of help, even when we are in need. It is one thing to inconvenience someone out of spite or malice, but quite another out of true need. A friend's needs should awaken our hearts to the occasion! How much more, if you bring your cares, burdens, and desperate needs before the Lord will His heart respond and open the door of blessing and provision. Answer His call to sit authentically before the throne and ask Him for what is needed.