[CYM] 33.0 Ask, Seek, Knock

Yeshua encourages His followers to pursue God with persistence, trust, and expectation. The command to “ask, seek, knock” is found in the Sermon on the Mount, where Yeshua teaches about prayer and God’s goodness.

In Matthew 7:7–8, Yeshua says:

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

This threefold command invites believers into active, persistent prayer, trusting that God hears and responds. It’s not just about asking for material needs, but about pressing into a deeper relationship with the Father.

Yeshua continues in Matthew 7:9–11, using the analogy of a good father:

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

The same teaching is echoed in Luke 11:9–13, immediately following the Model Prayer taught by the Lord Yeshua. Luke adds that the Father will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask—highlighting that the greatest gift is God Himself.

While Mark and John don’t include the exact “ask, seek, knock” phrase, the command is present. In John 14:13–14, Yeshua says:

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

Across the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Yeshua commands His disciples to pray boldly, seek earnestly, and trust fully in the Father’s generous heart.