Luke 6:38 (NIV) Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” What if those who helped you be born again just got born again but didn’t share it with you? What if those who matured and started getting breakthroughs and blessings but didn’t teach you how to get them? Two things would have happened; first, you would still be lost and in your sins; second, the rewards, blessings, and miracles that come through giving wouldn’t have come their way.

KNOCKING comes after ASKING and SEEKING. The more you ASK and SEEK, the more miracles, blessings, and breakthroughs you get. The more Jesus blesses you, the more you want to tell someone about it. AND, the more you tell others about it, the more you get miracles, blessings, and breakthroughs. AND, the more you get miracles, blessings, and breakthroughs, the more you have to share with more people. The way for you to live The Victorious Christian Life is to allow Jesus to set your will-power on sharing every wonderful thing you get.

If you KNOCK, you will be at the right place, at the right time, doing and saying the right things, to the right people. KNOCKING opens doors of opportunity for you to FIND those people who WANT what you are offering. You don’t want to go around sharing and never get any results. Without KNOCKING, you will be using the trial-and-error process. YOU will be the one deciding who to share your breakthroughs with. But, on your journey to the right place, at the right time, doing and saying the right things, to the right people, you will run into Satan’s people who will try to keep you from sharing.

Mat 5:11-12 (NIV) Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. You have to allow Jesus to empower you to not let these people keep you from getting to the right place, at the right time, doing and saying the right things, to the right people. Persecution is a normal part of you KNOCKING and getting great opportunities to share; but, you must allow Jesus to strengthen your will-power.

Jews weren’t allowed to associate with people who weren’t Jews. These people were called Gentiles; Gentiles were all the people in the world who weren’t Jews. Prior to Jesus’ ministry, if you were a Jew and you went into the house and spent time with a Gentile, you sinned.

Acts 10:11-16 (NIV) He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air. Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.” “Surely not, Lord!” Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven. Jesus is preparing Peter for a door He is about to open that brought salvation and justification to ALL Gentiles.

KNOCKING can put you in places where it may NOT seem like you are at the right place, at the right time, doing and saying the right things, to the right people; but, you are. Three men ask Peter to allow them to take Him to a house FULL of Gentiles; and, because of the vision Jesus gave Peter, he goes where he has NEVER gone before. Acts 10:27-28 (NIV) Talking with him (Cornelius, a Roman centurion), Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people. He said to them: “You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with a Gentile or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

When you submit your will-power to Jesus, you get very special results. Acts 10:44-47 (NIV) While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message. The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out EVEN on the Gentiles. For they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said, “Can anyone keep these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have.”

Without you KNOCKING, you may find yourself making sure you are always protected from inconvience, trouble, pain, or persecution. But, these Gentiles’ eternal destinies were at stake. KNOCKING does make sure you are ABLE to direct your will-power to be where you need to be; and, it makes sure certain people’s hearts are prepared in advance so they can decide to accept your message and influence.

Gal 6:9 (NIV) Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. KNOCKING may bring such challenges to you that you may choose to stop KNOCKING. But, KNOCKING empowers you to choose in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets (Mat 7:12). It keeps your eyes on the fact that there are very few people who will tell these desperate, hurting, and needy people the truth. KNOCKING does as much to you as it does to those who are waiting for you. Jesus uses it to prepare you to start heading your will-power in the right direction as must as He prepares them to start heading their will-power in the right direction.