AUGUST 04 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#23 “What do you want Me to do for you?” (Matthew 20:32)

 AUGUST 04  THE JESUS QUESTIONS   JQ#23  “What do you want Me to do for you?”  (Matthew 20:32)

LIVING FOR JESUS  Daily Prayer    

JESUS, Praise God from whom ALL Blessings Flow — Lord, my DAILY prayer will remain - “…not my will but Thy Will be done…” - You Lord have proven Yourself Faithful in doing that which is best for us, so Lord, regardless of the circumstances I will trust You and rise to the next level of Faith. Lord, for all those that prayed for me and my specific needs I pray BLESSINGS back to them, LORD, bless them and address their specific needs. You Lord Jesus are Gracious and I thank You that You have begun a good work in me, and when I stumble and fall back into “my worldly self” it is not because of any change in You, but a worldly weakness re-surfacing in me and I pray that You give me the strength to let go of my old weakness and let You change that “worldly” weakness into a “spiritual” strength, Your strength which always shows itself when I reach out to others.   AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus certainly is the Master Teacher for how could a mere mortal use 9 words to express so great a Truth of God? In 2004 I wrote this prayer to Jesus, “Jesus, O Precious Jesus, You have blessed us so Graciously that if we were to start praising You now and continued throughout all Eternity, there would not be enough time or words to express our gratitude. How can one repay so great a debt? What gift could we give to the Creator that could equal the gift of God dying for us? Lord Jesus, You have not accomplished these great things in order for us to be indebted to repay You, for repayment of such a gift is IMPOSSIBLE for there is no “gift” equal to the gift of God giving the world His Only Begotten Son to die for ALL sin and through His Death reward repentant sinners with Everlasting Life!” (Written 9/3/2004) Lord Jesus, when I read that 2004 prayer and then look at Your question JQ#23 “What do you want Me to do for you?” all I can think of is: “It is finished!” (John 19:30) Jesus has truly “Paid it all” and there is nothing we can give in return for Jesus having already “done” ALL that needs to be done for our Eternal Salvation.  I then have to bow in utter humility and give my answer to Your JQ#23: “Lord I can ask nothing from You but Grace, and there is nothing more that You need to do for me other than what You have already done so Lord keep me always in a humble and thanksgiving attitude!!!”  I know that personally when I consider the Question “What do I want Jesus to do for me?” that my thoughts turn to looking at what He has already done in my life and I thank God that He has a Plan and that His Plan of Salvation has already been executed! The only thing left for us to do is to ACCEPT HIS GIFT of EVERLASTING LIFE !!! I find myself repeating a John F. Kennedy quote (paraphrased) “Ask not what can God do for me, ask what I can do for God.” As soon as I ask that question from my heart, Jesus speaks through the scriptures: “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among [the followers of Jesus]; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave——— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” (Matthew 20:21-28) Quite often I catch myself marveling at how great a gift Salvation is ——— when you know God, then you know there is nothing that we can repay Him with except “repentance” and “obedience” to His Word!!! Therefore if you find yourself wanting “more” from Jesus perhaps you should stop and evaluate your personal desires and  and ask yourself, “just how much is enough?” —- Greed is entitlement —- Grace is enough!!!