If you read my post from February 13th of this year (click here to read it), then you know that pictured above are pumpkin plants beside the sidewalk leading to the front door of our house. In February, I tried transplanting those first several pumpkin plants to the garden in the back yard. Sadly, they didn’t survive my farming skills.
But to my surprise, three more pumpkin plants recently came up in the same place out front. I had to mow and weedeat but have decided to leave these alone and see what happened since my transplanting efforts failed last time. I just couldn’t bring myself to mow these down, even though it’s the “wrong place” to grow pumpkins… and the “wrong way” to grow pumpkins… and the “wrong time” to grow pumpkins.
PR31 thought it was funny that I left them because she didn’t think they would ever produce. So I had to snap this pic this past Monday when I walked by and saw the one plant blooming. They are some persistent little plants.
They remind me of what Jesus taught people about talking with God. Matthew, one of Jesus’ closest followers, recorded in the seventh chapter of his account of the Good News about Jesus. This is what he wrote…
“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. You parents– if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask Him.” – Matthew 7:7-11 (NLT)
Sounds to me like God doesn’t mind if we are “persistent little pumpkins” when we talk with Him. In fact, it sounds to me like He even encourages it.
So let’s be persistent today. God won’t mind. And we can be sure that we will receive what we need when we keep on asking… We will find what we’re looking for when we keep on seeking Him… We will have doors of opportunity opened to us when we keep on knocking.
And when you are tempted to give up, just remember those pumpkin plants that just keep growing in my front yard… and ask, seek, knock one more time!
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