AUGUST 05 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#23 “What do you want Me to do for you?” (Matthew 20:32)

 AUGUST 05  THE JESUS QUESTIONS   JQ#23  “What do you want Me to do for you?”  (Matthew 20:32)

LIVING FOR JESUS  Daily Prayer    

JESUS no other Name can be called upon like the Name of Jesus. Lord when we think of all the names that have been called out throughout history there simply is no Name other than the Name of Jesus that so many have called out to for “help” and certainly no other Name that people call out to shower “praise” on. There just is no other Name ever spoken that speaks of Grace, Mercy, Forgiveness, Cleansing, Salvation, and Healing and that list is but a very small portion of the great things that Jesus has done for mankind, for generations past, for generations in the future, and for our daily needs of the generation in which we live — so I simply call out the Matchless Name — JESUS, JESUS, JESUS!!!   AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus is using this Question to get us to think about what we believe that Jesus has the power to do in our lives. Jesus had just Taught that God Himself will decide our place in heaven and that we should not seek to be great but that we should seek to find our place in the kingdom where we will be able to serve others for the kingdom’s sake, and not for any personal glory! Jesus followed up that Lesson on humility and servitude as He continued on His trip to Jerusalem and just outside of Jericho where “a great multitude followed Him” (Matthew 20:29) that “behold, two blind men [were] sitting by the road, [and] when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, ‘Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!” (Matthew 20:30) The “multitudes” told the blind men to “be quiet” and leave Jesus alone but the blind men kept calling out to Jesus asking for His mercy, declaring Jesus to be the “Son of David” (Matthew 20:31) It was at this point that Jesus asked JQ#23 of the two blind men calling out the name of Jesus, calling Him “Lord” and the “Son of David” which was reference to Jesus, God’s Chosen One, the Messiah, “so Jesus stood still and called [the two blind men] and said, ‘What do you want Me to do for you?’” (JQ#23  Matthew 20:32). Before we see how Jesus responded to the blind men calling on Him to heal their blindness, we should note here that the “multitudes” were telling the blind men to be quiet and not to bother Jesus — to me this is just like our world today that tries to keep us blinded to who Jesus really is and what His Purpose is for our lives. We should be like the blind men - for the blind men had already recognized Jesus as the Son of God, the Chosen One, the Messiah so they did not let the world turn them from Jesus but they replied to Jesus, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.” (Matthew 20:33) Jesus then Taught by His actions that it is the will of the Father that we call on the Name of Jesus and recognize that Jesus is the Only Begotten Son, the Christ, the Messiah, and believe that whatever we ask of Jesus, that if it glorifies God, then it will be done for us for Matthew writes how Jesus responded to the blind men requesting that their “eyes be opened”: “So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.” (Matthew 20:34) Therefore when Jesus asks us “What do you want Me to do for you?” we must not let the world keep us in blindness to the Truth of God that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that if we believe in Him that our blindness will be healed — we should take inventory on what we believe that Jesus can do for us and believe that He “can” and “will” heal us and certainly He will open our eyes to the Purpose God has for our lives, for when we ask Jesus for His help, He will have “compassion” on us and our spiritual eyes will receive sight, but we must first have enough “Faith” in who He is and what He can do to ask Him to supply our need! Where will you turn when you realize the world has blinded you and you cannot see God’s Plan for your life and who will you call on to restore your sight? Just remember Jesus came to “seek and to save that which is lost” and “to give sight to the blind” and He gently calls out to each and every individual, “What do you want Me to do for you?”