Jesus Asks 2

Here's part two of some questions Jesus asked of His disciples and listeners. How do we answer? What do you want Me to do for you? Matthew 11:8 What is it really that we would ask of Jesus? Do our requests come anywhere near to the magnitude of who we believe Him to be? I think that many of us ask for little because we believe so little. Therefore, we "see" so little. There's a wonderful chorus with the lyric, Our God is an awesome God. Yet, awesome is a word that we have completely devalued. We call a good hamburger awesome. We should be awestruck by who He is, but are we really? Then there's the issue of not really knowing what it is we want. We want so many things and we don't deeply desire any of them. We're like children at Christmas. We have to have the toys we ask for, but when we get them, we quickly discard them and end up playing with the boxes they came in. If Jesus stood before you and asked you this question, "What do you want Me to do for you?" What would you say? What would you ask for? Would it be worthy of His glory? Do you believe I am able to do this? Matthew 9:28 If we really would ask of Him great and wonderful things, impossible things, do we really believe that He is able? He's not just a big God, He's an infinite One. He has no limitations....except the ones we place on Him. What are the limitations we place on Him? Do we measure Him in terms of our biggest problem or need? Which is greater in our sight and thinking? He has wrought some wonderful miracles in my life, but one stands out. I never thought that I would own a home. I desired it, but I just saw it as "impossible." I didn't have the funds, and the few attempts I'd made had almost been laughed at by bankers. I was about to sign a lease on another apartment when I received an email from a banker I'd talked to who was also a believer. He told me I'd been approved for a $200,000 mortgage. I hadn't even applied. This should never have happened, but it did. I had resigned myself to my situation, but He had "so much more for me than this." It was a miracle and it ended up being an investment that helped secure my retirement. He gave me what I never thought could be realized. In our deepest and most pure desires, do we really believe He can bring them to pass? Who do you say that I am? Matthew 16:15 Everything about the first two questions is really answered in this one. Who do we say He is? Who do we really believe Him to be? Almighty? Good? One who loves to give good gifts to His children? Not a Santa Claus God, but a holy one who always has the best interests of His people at heart. Do we believe Him to be greater than the sum of everything that could ever come against us? Do we believe that if you put every need you had, every impossibility that you face, every fear that can grip you on one side of a scale, and then God Almighty on the other, that He will always infinitely outweigh them all? That if we put all our sin, our past failures and heartaches, and our deepest wounds on one side of the scale, and the Lord Jesus on the other, that all are forgiven, healed, and cleansed? All of it comes down to who it is we believe Him to be. Who we say that He is. Who do we say that He is? Blessings, Pastor O