"They seek me day after day."

Isaiah 58:2

Can you imagine if all of us sought him day after day? What is we went after with all we’ve got what we pray for in the Our Father? What if it was most important to replicate with our lives here on earth what the saints are doing in heaven? After all, that is what we are seeking. What does that look like? That is the question of our prayer.

Maybe you do not have them around your parts but I have them around my parts. They are a convenience store called 7-Eleven and they are always open for business. Always open for business- just like Jesus. But the product of 7-Eleven is far inferior and does not last. Greasy hot dogs, junk food and slurpies are just not going to do it for us. What we want is our prayers answered and to live like the saints in heaven and only Jesus can make that possible. God thing he is open 24/7 like 7-Eleven to make that all possible for us. So, when you see a 7-Eleven or other store that is always open, think Jesus is open all the time to make us his saints.

There is much more to this7-Eleven story. One day in prayer with the scriptures the Holy Spirit light came on once again in my feeble mind. Yes, God is constantly amazing! I was reading the following passage (which you should commit to memory and let it transform your life): “Ask, and you will receive. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you. For the one who asks, receives. The one who seeks, finds. The one who knocks enters. Who of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf, or a poisonous snake when he ask for a fish? If you, with all your sin, know what to give your children what is good, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to anyone who asks him?” Mt. 7:7-11.

Did you notice the scripture site about asking and seeking and knocking? It has the verses 7-11 or, should we say, 7-Eleven? Just like the store that is always open so is Jesus always open to our asking, seeking and knocking. And what does Jesus want to supply us with? The heavenly way of living. He wants to shower down heaven on us, 24/7 like 7-Eleven. Do you know that the biblical number for heaven is? 7! So, each time we think of Matthew 7 we think of heaven in conjunction with verses 7-11 we think of 7-Eleven and that Jesus is always open to lead and empower us with the ways of heaven. So, from these verses we can take that heaven is with us 24/7 like 7-Eleven. Could life be any more exciting if we truly believe this?

We could go on and on with what God wants to reveal to us in just these four short verses but I just want to add one thing. We can pull an awesome acronym from here- ASK- Ask, Seek, and Knock! We can ask, seek and knock in prayer for Jesus to fill us with heaven 24/7 like 7-Eleven all the way to heaven! Nothing or no one can top this way of viewing our life in Christ!

God’s will!
+Fr. John