Just Ask

Exhibition of Jean-Michel Folon.
Forte Belvedere, Firenze.

I want to go back and look at Matthew 20:32-33.  Yesterday we dealt more with the question that Jesus asked and how we can ask that question of Jesus -- what we can do for Him.  Today, I would like to deal more with how the blind men respond to Jesus.

Think about this.  Jesus basically says to them that they can ask for anything and He would essentially do it.  Can you imagine that?  Jesus is standing right in front of you and says you can ask Him to do anything for you.  What would you ask for? I know that some might have treated Jesus like a genie in a bottle.  These men don't even seem to ponder what they want from Jesus.  In that moment they could have asked for anything, but they ask for their most immediate need.  They say, "Lord, let our eyes be opened."  Without hesitation, they make their request to God, and He answers just as quickly.

We are not much different than the two blind men who stood before Jesus that day.  We, too, have blind spots.  There are areas in our life that either cause us blindness or we are blind too.  What do we do?  Just like the two blind men who stood before Jesus, ask Him to heal you.  I know it sounds so simple, but that is what is necessary. I love what David writes in Psalm 139:24.  He simply asks God to show him any way that may be offensive to God.  Lord, show me my blind spots. 

Be warned, this is a dangerous thing to ask because God will do just that.  He will give you sight.  He will cause you to see the things that are keeping you from being completely His. Keep this in mind though, Jesus will be the first one that you see.  At the moment that Jesus says their sight was restored, as their eyes were opened, He was the first one they saw. They saw their Healer first.  When we ask God to open our eyes, we immediately see Him and then we see the things in our lives that have been keeping us from Him.  When God opens our eyes, He shows Himself to us first so that we know where to fix our gaze from that point forward.  When we look at Jesus and then see the other things we have been focusing on, those things pale in comparison to seeing Jesus.

Know that when you ask, God will answer. So, as you stand before Jesus today, what will you ask Him to do for you?