Jesus

“What do you want?”

I know that some of us used to wear those WWJD bracelets for a while. Admit it… But I would dare say that for many of us it made a huge difference in our every day living. I know some of those guys that used to wear those and if you told me they were doing what Jesus would do then I would say we are reading out of two different Bibles. (Now for those of you that it did make a difference, awesome, I am glad it worked for you )

Christians don’t necessarily need physical reminders on their body to live for God. It has to be an attitude of the heart. If the Christian is truly a Christian then he becomes the ‘physical marker’ for the rest of the world to see (what we are called to do). We are the pictures of Jesus to those without Him.

So…How do we get to this point? Let’s look at something that was said this weekend.

This past week at Oak Leaf Michael was giving a picture of some of the different miracles that Jesus performed and possibly what could have been His reasoning behind them. One of the miracles we said showed Jesus as the great healer and that was when He healed the blind man. But before He healed Him he asked Him a question, “What do you want me to do?” Of course the guy answers, “I want to see.” And, I think Jesus was wanting to see where the guy’s heart was as was he ready to be healed and give up a life of dependency on others for help.

You see, I think this is the very question that we are we posed with every time we come into communication with God. I think that through all the prayer requests, expressing of needs and desires, and the praising of our God that their should be this quiet moment where we should stop and word this question in our heads as if Jesus was right in front of us asking it, “What do you want me to do?”

I think I know the answer…

While I was sitting there listening to that story I imagined what would I say if He, Jesus, looked me in the face and asked the same question. I mean, what would be the one thing that I would ask for that would make my world different. What is the one thing thing that is such a desperate need that only a miracle of the Son of God could help? Here’s my answer: “I want what you want, so help me to do whatever it is you want me to do.”

Now seriously, I didn’t give this answer to be like ‘ ooouuu, he’s so holy’ but to say that when Jesus asks you what do you want, and you have realized the full implications of the gospel on your life, the only thing you can say is, ‘it’s not what I want Jesus but what do you want?’ It doesn’t matter if a loved one is dying, or there is a natural disaster, your family is starving, or your in fear of losing your house. The only thing that matters is doing the will of God. Because in His will you are content, you are safe, and you are accomplishing your life’s purposes. The benefit of this is that often when you are in God’s will your prayer requests become fewer and you understand the world a little better because your will is aligning with God’s.

Jesus taught us to pray this way Himself in the Lord’s Prayer “…‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come… Luke 11:2 NIV then we are showed that this was His greatest desire in life, to fulfill God’s will. Check out His prayer before He died, very powerful. I am lucky enough to be teaching on the Lord’s Prayer the 21st of Feb if you want the full explanation.

Please take the time and ask yourself, today, what you would ask for. It will tell you where you are at in your relationship with God and the condition of your heart. Are you ready yet to let your desires go for what He wants from you?