What Do You Want Me to Do For You?

Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked. (Matthew 20:32 NIV)

We had a very thought-provoking Bible study on the book, The Circle Maker last night.  In this session, we learned to make our desires known to God by knowing what it is we really want and by being specific and bold in our asking.

I believe the main key is knowing what it really is we want.  Any parent knows when their child really wants something or when they are just bored with things as they are in the moment.  Adults are no better really.  We see a huge sum of money ready to be given away in a lottery and rush right out to buy tickets.  But do we really want hundreds of millions of dollars and all the change and headaches that would come with it?  Or are we just bored with the way things are at the moment?  Maybe what we really want is simply to not have to worry about paying our bills every month.  Or maybe we are just looking for the kind of respect we imagine would come with that kind of money.  "What do you want me to do for you... REALLY?"

The thing is, God already knows our heart's desire far better than we do.  And he probably has it all polished up and ready to give to us.  He just wants us to be able to articulate it.  That's important.  If we know what we really want so well that we can ask for it specifically, than we can participate in the process of answering that prayer.  And what's more... we will be able to see with certainty when that prayer has been answered.

Father,
Help us to examine our hearts for what we really want you to do for us.  Help us to cut right to the core of it and ask you plainly, specifically and boldly for what we have figured out to be our deepest desires.  Amen.

Joys:  A nice day spent with Cecelia and Daniel; a good Bible study last night; sleeping to the sound of rain