“So Jesus answered and said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?” The blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.” Mark 10:51 NKJV
Specific prayers get specific answers. How often do we pray, “God bless the missionaries overseas.” Jesus already knew what the man needed. Jesus just wanted the man to say it.
How often do we play communication games with each other? A wife will tell me, “He doesn’t meet my needs.” “Well, does he know what you need?” “Sure, he loves me, he ought to know.” ” Maybe he ought to know, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he really knows. You have to tell him what your needs are.”
Another example: “I’m so mad at him.” “Well, does he know why you’re mad at him.” “Of course, he does. He knows what he did!” “How does he know? Did you tell him?” “I don’t have to tell him. He knows.”
We do the same thing with God. We assume that since God knows everything, we don’t have to tell him. But that’s just exactly the opposite of the way God operates. He wants us to tell him what we need. Exactly what we need.
Jesus will meet your needs when you tell him what your needs are. But sometimes He doesn’t meet your needs because you never tell Him what you really want and how you really feel.
His cry was, “Have mercy on me.” He was a beggar. Yet, he didn’t cry out for food, or clothing, or money or housing. He was given sight that day. He was healed that day because he realized that his most basic need was for mercy and grace. He needed what only Jesus was offering and because of that, he was healed.
Father, please, in this year 2024, have mercy on me, and my family IJN
Shalom!