Agree calm self-reflection is good. But, isn't Jesus' quote here more referencing the importance of petitioning God for our needs, rather than self-reflection? The object of our asking, seeking, and knocking for entrance is God, not self.
"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; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened....[earthly parents don't spurn their kids requests for sustenance]...how much more will your Father in heaven give good fits to those who ask him." - Matthew 7:7.
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