AUGUST 02 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#23 “What do you want Me to do for you?” (Matthew 20:32)

 

AUGUST 02  THE JESUS QUESTIONS   JQ#23

  “What do you want Me to do for you?”  (Matthew 20:32)

LIVING FOR JESUS Daily Prayer   

JESUS, what Peace it is to know that regardless of any earthly 

circumstance that we find ourselves in, that You are able to carry 

us through. As we move closer to You and our eternity, You have 

proven that You will give us the strength to face whatever situation 

we must face in this “valley of the shadow of death” as long as we 

keep our focus on You! Our strength comes because we know that You

 are right here with us and the Peace of knowing  that You are with

 us cannot be described by mortal tongue. Lord Jesus, I trust You in 

ALL THINGS and I praise You for Your very near Presence 

as I awoke today. Lord, my prayer is not for me but for those 

that are praying for me, bless them. Lord Jesus, keep us all drawn

 to You for You ARE PERFECT PEACE!   

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus made this very definitive statement about “who” He was and “why” 

He was on earth in response to a question Thomas (His disciple) had asked,

 “Lord, we do not know where You are going, 

and how can we know the way?” (John 14:5) 

Jesus had previously Taught the disciples by example as John writes

 about the last Passover Jesus shared with His disciples: 

“Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things 

into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going 

to God, rose from supper and laid aside His garments, 

took a towel and girded Himself. After that, He poured water 

into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, 

and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.” 

(John 13:3-6) 

Jesus could not have been any clearer in His Teachings to His disciples —

—— Jesus had come to “serve” and to “sacrifice” Himself, 

Jesus did everything on earth because of God’s purpose for His 

earthly life and now Jesus was preparing His disciples to continue

 the work of the Father. Jesus had just told the disciples 

“I go to prepare a place for you. 

And if I go and prepare a place for you, 

I will come again and receive you to Myself;

 that where I am, there you may be also.” (John 14:1-4) 

Jesus has Taught by example that they were to “serve” others,

 Jesus stated that

 His work for the Father was to be “sacrificed” 

to reveal God’s Glory of the Resurrection

 from the dead on the “third day” 

and now Jesus says that He is preparing a mansion for them in

 “My Father’s house” 

and yet Thomas was so blinded by the world’s fear of death

 that Thomas pleads, “how can we know the way?” 

Jesus has always been patient with His disciples and here 

Jesus did not reprimand Thomas, Jesus simply reminded Thomas that

 “where I go you know, and the way you know…” (John 14:4) 

and 

“The words I speak to you I do not speak 

on My own authority;

 but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.” (John 14:10)

 Now that Jesus has the disciples in Jerusalem again for 

another Passover, He is again Teaching them about His 

purpose and their responsibilities to His Teachings as He asks

 Question JQ#23 “What do you want Me to do for you?”  (Matthew 20:32) 

which after all the examples Jesus has set before them with His helping

 others and His willingness to “serve” others and to “Sacrifice Himself”

 for others and clearly stating that everything He does is the work of the Father,

 that this simple Question becomes paramount in the disciples lives and

 in our lives, for if we know that

 Jesus is the Son of God 

and that all His works are of God as part of God’s Plan of Salvation, 

then truly we should look into our soul and decide,

 “What do we want Jesus to do for us?”?!?!?!? 

Here is your chance — do you want to let Jesus “show you the way” 

to eternal life, do you want Jesus to tell you the Truth about God

 and His purpose and plan for your life, or perhaps all you really want 

is to be immortal but instead of eternal peace in heaven you desire 

to spend your immortality “lording” your supremacy over the 

weak in the world??? This really is a serious Question, 

“What do you want Jesus to do for you — really?”  

But just remember this promise Jesus made about your requests:

 

“And whatever you ask in My name,

 that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son”

 (John 14:13)

 

——— so make sure that what you want from Jesus is going

 to glorify the Father when Jesus gives it to you!!!