“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.” Mark 10:51
“Now Bartimaeus is standing before Jesus. The people gather around to see what will happen. Our Lord asks him: What do you want me to do for you? He, who could restore sight – did He really no know what the blind man wanted? Jesus wants us to ask him. He knows our needs before we do, and He wants to remedy them.”
Francis Fernandez in In Conversation with God: Meditations for Each Day of the Year, volume 3 (London: Scepter, 1990) 457.
What do you want Jesus to do for you? I notice as I ponder the act of asking, it does something very interesting. It reveals the condition of my heart.
What do you want Jesus to do for you? Imagine the generosity of our God to pose this question. Imagine the power of this invitation. What are you waiting for?
What do you want Jesus to do for you? Ask Him.
I asked God to bring 60 people from 28 countries and territories together to knit their hearts together in unity for global collaboration. He did that and more, beyond what I could have asked or imagined.
Like great spices come together to make a meal, He worked to expand the GTP global team.
Today, my prayer is asking God to complete the work He started in our time together, in the life of each person. As they discern their faithful activities, I am asking Him to help them do them over the next year.
I concluded our time sending them forth – as board members, staff members, regional facilitators, country coordinators, course moderators, and special friends with this blessing.
But now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares the LORD. ‘Be strong, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ declares the LORD, ‘and work. For I am with you,’ declares the LORD Almighty. Haggai 2:4
And I am asking God for safe travel as Jenni and I board a long direct flight from Istanbul to Denver. And also lifting up prayers for the rest of the participants to make it safely to their destinations.