NOTES for Luk 11:13

Why, if God loves us so much and so wants to show us His love, must we ask Him, knock, seek? He Himself commands us to ask, He Himself says that even without this He knows what we need, and for persuasiveness He also gives parables. The explanation of this strange character of God is hidden in this short verse. God gives not simply bread, or money, or spiritual goods. He gives the Holy Spirit. And this meeting with the Spirit can only be voluntary. The Spirit is given only to those who want this with all their heart, and such a desire cannot fail to express itself in prayer.