Malachi 3:13-20 / Luke 11:5-13
It is a human inclination to like to have things going our way.
We want life to be smooth and easy; we don’t like challenges and obstacles.
So when things don’t go according to what we want them to be, we will grumble.
In the example that Jesus gave in the gospel, when the man goes to his friend in the middle of the night to ask for bread for his visitor, he was initially faced with rejection.
The man could have grumbled about his friend, but the story goes, the man persisted and finally got the bread that he requested.
Jesus taught us to ask, to search and to knock, and with persistence, God will grant us what we need.
Let us persist with faith and not to grumble at God and to say harsh things about Him.
When we put our trust in God who loves us and who will provide for us, He will certainly reward us.
As Jesus says in the gospel, God will also grant us the Holy Spirit, so that we can even see His blessings in our challenges and obstacles.