The Certainty of Provision To Those Who Seek Tomorrow's Bread, the Holy Spirit (11:9-13).
The lesson here is that those who want to enjoy God's full provision must be urgent and persistent. There must be no half-heartedness. (It is not God's awkwardness that has to be overcome, it is our indifference). But if they are persistent they can be sure that they will receive it.
9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offerc him a scorpion?
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?