i want to see...................

As I mentioned I am reading the book ‘Wide Awake’ (if you not sure scroll down) and by the way it’s great! Well a few nights ago a bit in the book was talking about the story of blind Bartimaeus and although I have read it many times and heard it spoken about – it was as if I was seeing it for the first time …………


Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight
46Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (that is, the Son of Timaeus), was sitting by the roadside begging. 47When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
48Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"
49Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called to the blind man, "Cheer up! On your feet! He's calling you." 50Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.
51"What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked him.
The blind man said, "Rabbi, I want to see."




Hope you enjoyed the wee read –

The part that keeps going over and over in my head is this bit - "What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked him. His response is ‘I want to see.’
Jesus knew exactly what he wanted – as I figure aside from being God you could work out someone was blind …………… but he still asks him the question before responding to His need….

I have never noticed this in that way before…. As I read it that night again I felt God say to my ‘what do you want from me Alison, what is your deepest longing the one thing that you want from me right now ….and you know I had to ponder that a moment…

Now what about you if Jesus stood before you right here and now and looked you in the eyes and said ‘what do you want me to do for you?’ take a moment and answer honestly, to see what really drives you – what is your deepest longing, the one thing that you feel would almost be to good to be true………..what would it be?

Dare to dream big, to dream outside of your capabilities and physical reach, sometimes when asked we say ‘I’d like to see for a bit’ or ‘I’d like to see with one eye please’.

Don’t put God in a box ………………… there is so much more……………..
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