What do you want me to do for you?
- Luke 18:41
A blind beggar with no status, no means and no hope screams for
Jesus' attention. He won't shut up, even though some who think they have the
right, try to shut him up.
He is making everyone uncomfortable. Everyone, that is, except
Jesus.
Now the blind man stands before Jesus, and is asked, "What
do you want me to do for you?" It seems obvious, doesn't it? (Paraphrasing
now) "I want to see!" Jesus: "OK… see."
What if God asked you the question; "What do you want me to
do for you?" How would you answer? Not genie-in-the-bottle stuff. Not
lotteries and looks. What are your deep needs? What is your deepest need… hurt…
desire?
Jesus again, "… your faith has made you well." We get
a warped sense of faith from some celebrity preachers. The blind man's belief
THAT he could see didn't give him sight. He could believe all day that he
possessed sight; and still be blind. Biblical faith is not just belief. It is
belief IN. Belief in a person. His name is Jesus.
Notice that the (formerly) blind man, when hearing Jesus was
approaching, "…cried out…," and then, "… cried out all the
more..." (vv38,39) When deep need mixes with faith it cries out all the
more.
Chapter 18 begins, "And he (Jesus) told them a parable to
the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart." In other
words, mix need and faith and cry out all the more.
It's getting late, so let me just ask: What if God IS
asking you this question? Right now! "What do you want me to do for
you?" What will be your answer?
Maybe our biggest failure of faith is that we simply fail to ask.
Maybe our biggest failure of faith is that we simply fail to ask.
God, I'm blind, I want to see!
For now...
D
