I am intrigued with the word “ask”. Recently, encouragement came as I pondered this powerful three-letter word from the scriptures of old. Its relevancy may help you today as you go about your business. It is a perfect acrostic. It says, “Ask and it shall be given to you. Seek and you shall find. Knock and the door shall be opened to you.”

A – Ask.

This reminds us that there is something yet to be given. How will you know until you ask? Sometimes, things are out of our reach and we need the assistance of others. What increase could come to your life if you would only ask?

S – Seek

Life is the treasure hunt, and we must keep searching, because there is something more to be found. Occasionally, I am in need of others finding something for me. I am amazed how little it takes to dissuade them from finding what I have asked. If I am cooking and I request my husband to get the garlic for me out of the cabinet, he often opens the door and says, “I don’t see it.” This response provokes me to take on the challenge, as I persistently reply, “Let me try!” The difference in my searching is determination. My seeking is not based on only what I can see. I reach in and begin to feel for the bottle because I know it’s shape and smell, and I am not closing the cabinet until I find what I want. What about your determination? Do you close life’s cabinet door and give up your search because it takes too much effort? Keep searching; you are near the gold.

K – Knock.

The instruction is to knock, for there is a door yet to be opened to you. It does not matter if you have previously knocked on one hundred doors. There is one about to open to you that will require your knock. Some do not want to knock on any door for fear it may be the wrong door. That mentality will paralyze you from trying. What if it is the right door with other doors hinging on it? Keep knocking.

 Are you lacking today because you have not asked? Do you need to ask someone more seasoned in your field for help? What possible sale is pending because you have not asked? Could asking whom you can serve today broaden your territory?

Take courage–ASK!

When you choose to look past the horizon… the sky is the limit!

First published for the Zig Ziglar Network