I listened to a podcast the other day. A lawyer was explaining how he got involved in a certain case. He said how a group of women followed him around and continued to badger him until they took their information seriously. I laughed because it was exactly what Jesus described in Luke.
The issue these women were carrying was greater than their concern for their reputation. Most times when someone brushes a person off, they retreat and give up. These women had a passion for what they were doing and they weren’t going to be brushed off. Their need outstripped all other concerns.
We see this as being about persistence. But it’s about more than mere persistence. It is about being so convicted in what you are asking for that you continue to knock, driven by your need for a result. If only we recognized our own need for God in this way. If only we pursued Him the way we pursue wealth or comfort. After all, we need salvation more than anything else.
Luke 11: 5-10 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.
“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Roberta Writes 