ASK part 1 – ASK

Matthew 7:7-8 (New International Version)

Ask, Seek, Knock

⁷“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ⁸For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

This may be one of the most powerful passages for our business in all of Scripture.  With great power and authority also comes great abuse.  This might be one of the most misused Scriptures by teachers who present the Word of God as the entitlement to gain wealth and possessions.

Gut check time!  You may not be called to be an entrepreneur!  Maybe you are, but how do you know for sure?

If doors around you are always closing and people around you are speaking into your life about some area of ministry that God is calling you too and every time you read your Word your mind, thoughts and heart are gravitating toward something else than it may be time to reevaluate your calling from God.

With that said this passage presents the foundational blue print for us to evaluate God’s will for our lives.  I’ll be braking this passage up into a 3 part series.  The first part on “Ask” will address this very issue on our purpose for our business and our lives.  The second part on “Seek” will address our willingness to learn and prepare for this calling.  The third installment will cover “Knock” the physical manifestation of our lives once we know God’s calling for our lives and have dedicated ourselves as students to the area which we have been called.

Side note:  This blog series is just the foundation of a training series entitled A.S.K. which will be available in the next few months.  More information will be available as we draw closer to the launch.

Part 1: Ask

“Ask and it will be given to you”, sounds nice, huh.  When I first read this I shuttered because it sounded like an open invitation to ask for whatever I wanted.  Well it is…kinda.  As my pastor says if you see a promise, back up to see what the condition is.

Matthew 6:33 (New International Version)

³³But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

The condition for this promise of “Ask and it will be given to you” is that what we are asking for is aligned with what God wants for our lives.  If we do not seek His kingdom and His righteousness than this whole passage does not even apply to us.  We are disqualified.  We should not expect to receive whatever we ask from God.

So in order to qualify ourselves for this powerful promise from God we must start by putting Him first in our lives.  I feel this is exactly what the “Ask” is all about.

Spending time in prayer and in meditation on God’s Word is a vital key to knowing what our purpose is.  We must literally ask God to show us His will for our lives.  We must be intentional about reading God’s Word with purpose and writing down the thoughts that come to our hearts.  This is what I believe the psalmist was trying to get across when he wrote:

Psalm 37:4 (New International Version)

Delight yourself in the LORD
and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Once you have taken the time to truly ask God for your purpose this verse applies as well to provide our needs for His calling.  Where God gives vision He will also give provision.

Asking God for His guidance, strength, and wisdom should be a daily occurrence especially for a Christian entreprenuer.  Stay prayed up before meetings with associates and prospects.  Ask specifically for God’s favor during a presentation.  God comes through!  Not always as we expect or understand, but He comes through!

Recently my wife and I were having a home presentation and spent a good amount of time preparing and promoting this event.  We spent weeks inviting and following up to make sure we had a large gathering.  We prayed the night before for God’s will to be done and His favor during our event.

The very next day one by one we received calls and emails everyone who was NOT coming.  I became very frustrated and got even more so when I received a call from friend that was coming.  I had been attempting to sponsor this individuals for 3 years and now he was going to show up when I had no other people coming.  How embarrassing is this?!

He showed up with one of his friends and the three of us kinda hung out and watched the baseball game.  We chatted a little bit about biz and I showed them some things about how Bethany and I grew our business.  While in the middle of a sentence he just blurted out, “I’m ready to go.”

It moved him more to have the personal one on one approach than having a room full of prospects and distributors.  What I thought was going to be an embarrassment was the exact thing that this person needed.

I prayed for God’s favor and got two new distributors while watching the Red Sox…God comes through!

About the Author: William Robbins is the founder of MLMFellowship, and the owner of iWantMoreWealth.com with his wife Bethany. Learn more about William and Bethany.