What do you want me to do for you? - Jesus

Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?"  (Luke 18:41)

As I reflect on what this means for us today, I am struck by both the simplicity and fathomless longing this question holds.

Take into consideration, Jesus asks what we would like him to do for us. He does not follow this question up with How we would like Him to do it.

He also makes it clear that it is a personal question. Toe to toe, face to face with the Son of God. It is you and Him.

Do you know your hearts true longing? Are you willing to ask for the "what" with no control of the "how"? One with great faith would know better not to answer this question... and yet today He asks us, What do you want me to do for you?

What He brings and how He brings it about could bring a great amount of suffering. It could force you to place your feet on the fathers, wrapping your arms around His strong legs, clinging to all of him for your life, your family, your sanity. Him covering your eyes when the world becomes too much around you, and him holding your sobbing body when reality has set in.

What do you want me to do for you?

Know that if He has asked you the question, He will also give the answer. Our hearts longing is so hidden in the depth of our being that to uncover it would take a lifetime. He asks the question, and knows the answer before you have even considered it.

Today, when He asks you, What do you want me to do for you, wait for His answer. He made you, He knows what you need far more than you do. Then ask, step on to his feet, hold on to his legs and be carried by the one that has opened the eyes of a blind man. Hold on to the creator of miracles.

He knows you on the other side of your "what".