Adjoining rooms...

Let's daydream a bit. Take a minute to think about one person you would really, I mean really, like to meet. A sports figure. A political person. A movie star. Or in my case, a country singer. Yep, for me, it's Keith Urban. Whoa baby!

Once you've figured out who this person is, picture yourself in a hotel. You've just checked into a luxury hotel and your expansive room is one of those cool rooms which has a connecting door to the room next door. Adjoining rooms. These rooms each have doors that, when unlocked and opened, entitle you to pass through to the other room without leaving your room via the hallway.

You're relaxing in your room when you hear a commotion out front. Looking out your window, you see your person, THE person you most want to meet, walking into the lobby of the hotel. Moments later, you're rocked to find out that your person is staying in the adjoining room!

If you're anything like me, you are itching to open your side of the adjoining doors. You know the other door will be closed and locked, but your curiosity is building by the minute. With your heart beating wildly, you decide to throw caution to the wind. As you hold your breath, you knock softly silently turn the lock and fling open the door only to find the adjoining door...gasp!...OPEN!

There stands Keith. Or Harrison. Or George. Or Angelina. Or Catherine. You hear the words, "I've been waiting for you to open the door. I heard that one of my biggest followers was staying next door. Come in. I'm anxious to meet you."

What a moment.

All it took was the courage to knock.

Jesus tells us to be bold and persistent in our requests of the faith. Jesus tells us in Luke 11: 9-10 that all we need to do is,

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."

Who's checked into the room next door?