Imagine yourself imprisoned in a room with one closed window. All you know is what you see. A patch of sky, a few tree branches, and some birds whose songs you barely hear. That sums up your knowledge of the outside world.

I’m afraid this may compare to how well we “see” or understand God. We base our view of Him on our limited experience. We draw conclusions from what we feel, hear, and see, not realizing we are squeezing the Almighty God into our homemade box.

I think Jesus was trying to make a similar point when He taught about prayer. Jesus said, “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (Luke 11:11-13).

God is longing for us to experience the “much more.” Perhaps we are too busy and too distracted by other things while God is just waiting for us to ask. Or we doubt or diminish His immeasurable love for us.

Previously, in the same chapter, Jesus preached about praying with boldness and perseverance. He summarized His teaching with, “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; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened” (Luke 11:9-10).

Come on, knock on that door, pray with faith and see what God has in store. Trust that our Father has “much more” for us than we can imagine.