“WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU?”

 Matthew 20:29:34                            (ESV)

“29 And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed HIM.

30 And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that JESUS was passing by, they cried out, "LORD, have mercy on us, SON of David!"

31 THE CROWD REBUKED THEM, telling them to BE SILENT, but they cried out all the more, "LORD, have mercy on us, SON of David!"

32 And stopping, JESUS called them and said, "WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU?"

33 They said to HIM, "LORD, let our eyes be opened."

34 And JESUS in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight and FOLLOWED HIM.”

“WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU?” is a wide open question when asked by a friend.  But when GOD IN THE FLESH is in your midst and HE asks the question, it could be intimidating, even mind-blowing!  The ONE WHO CREATED the everything was asking two blind men sitting by the roadside “WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU”?  And they said “LORD, let our eyes be opened”!  

What would your response have been if JESUS asked you “WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU“?  A new house?  For cancer to be cured? For abortions to cease?  Our nation to turn back to HIM?  “WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU” when the SON OF GOD is asking would probably be answered quite differently if we had time to think about it, if we TOOK TIME to ponder the magnitude of WHO we were speaking to?

Ephesians 3:20-21 says “Now to HIM WHO is able to do FAR MORE ABUNDANTLY THAN ALL THAT WE ASK OR THINK, according to the POWER AT WORK WITHIN US, to HIM be glory in the church and in CHRIST JESUS throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”  That POWER AT WORK WITHIN US is none other than JESUS HIMSELF!  So why do we acts as though HE is unaware of the difficulties we are experiencing.   1 John 5:14-15 says “And this is the CONFIDENCE that we have toward HIM, that if we ask anything according to HIS WILL HE HEARS US.  And IF WE KNOW THAT HE HEARS US IN WHATEVER WE ASK, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE ASKED OF HIM”!  HE gives us the thoughts to REQUEST things from HIM, therefore HE knows what we we will REQUEST beforehand.  But we STILL need to SPECIFICALLY request what GOD puts on our hearts to fulfill HIS GLORY and PLAN for our lives!

Now everything that I have prayed for in my life has CERTAINLY NOT come to be!  That is because I have sometimes asked selfishly. In the fall of 1997, my younger sister was diagnosed with stomach cancer.  I prayed fervently for that she would be healed, until I finally realized that “healing” had a totally different meaning than what I intended.  She died about 60 days after she was diagnosed.  I realized in the last few days of her life that her “healing” was going to be COMPLETE with NO SETBACKS!  She was”HOME FREE”, as sang by Wayne Watson!  

Our key is to ask SPECIFICALLY what GOD has placed on our hearts to Glorify HIS NAME!  There were many who prayed for healing for me in July 2007.  Looking back it might not have appeared to be that big of a deal?  But when you have LIVED the experience, it is something that will NEVER diminish in your memory.  That is why I will be mindful to respond SPECIFICALLY when JESUS asks me “WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU”???  We are asking THE CREATOR, and HE DOES MIRACULOUS THINGS!!!