“…two blind men sitting by the road, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!” The crowd sternly told them to be quiet, but they cried out even more, “LORD, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON US…Jesus stopped and called them, and said, “What do you want Me to do for you?” (Matt. 30-32).
Wait just a minute now, this is Jesus, God the Son, who is omniscient (all knowing), doesn’t He know these men are blind? The answer is, yes! Jesus knows “all about our struggles” as the words of this song says.
- ♥Jesus knows all about our struggles;
He will guide ’til the day is done:
There’s not a Friend like the lowly Jesus:
No, not one! no, not one!
So, as to my question, He knew these men were blind, so why did He ask them what they wanted? Well, I believe Jesus taught us this:
“1ASK, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” (Matt. 7:7)
1aiteō: to ask, beg, call for, crave, desire. Jesus is showing us that even though He knows, He wants us to ask, believing for ourselves. He wants us to seek, knowing we will find what we are looking for and He wants us to knock, how many times? Until we get an answer!
“In a certain town, there was a judge…And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea…For some time he refused…finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice…the Lord said, “LISTEN TO WHAT THE UNJUST JUDGE SAYS.” (Luke 18:2-6)
Remember, Jesus knows, but wants us to “ask, seek and knock” until we get an answer from the Lord!
Let’s ask, seek and knock together…Bill Stockham