What are you asking from the Lord?

Luke 11:5-13, "he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. And I say unto you, 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. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?"

This scripture is often misused as away for people to get their Worldy Lust fulfilled using scripture to back it up, but if you read the entire passage, starting at verse one through thirteen, you will see what Jesus's true point was with this scripture. It wasn't for possessions, but for the Holy Spirit. 

This text wonderfully explains the importance of persistence and praying according to the will of God. In order to pray effectively we must know what his will is. His will is known to us through prayer and time spent with the Lord. Jesus clearly states in verse 13 that he will give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him, explaining that it isn't given without persistence. The Gift of the Holy Spirit is freely given be in order to receive it we must persistently pursue it. The pursuit of a deeper knowledge and relationship with Christ doesn't stop once we receive the Holy Spirit, nor does the persistence that we once had to receive it. 

We must continue to passionately seek his will and allow the Holy Spirit to transform us into his image. His image in which that the fruit of the Spirit are manifested within our lives. Lets pick up the pace, and seek the Lord like there is no tomorrow. Its God we are talking about here!!