Luke 11:11-13 - How much more

11:11-13

But what if we ask for the wrong thing? Well if we are asking from wrong motives then we cannot expect to get very far. But Jesus has just urged us to be bold in prayer and we might think that that is risky. So the second parable assure assures us that God will only give us what is good for us. If we are asking from good motives God is not going to give it to us if He knows it is going to cause nothing but trouble.  The key point is that we can have complete trust in our Father. “How much more will the your Father in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” In some ways it seems a little odd for Jesus to suddenly introduce the Holy Spirit at this point. Yet what do we desire most? Is it not to be more like Christ? Do we not often get frustrated with our own slowness, our seeming inability to do all that God wants? Do we not sometimes then think that God will be looking on us disapprovingly? Yet what do we need most? We need the Holy Spirit to help us, to transform us, and Jesus is assuring us that our Father In Heaven will gladly give us the Holy Spirit. God wants us to grow much more than we want to grow.