Ask the Obvious

We, as a local community of believers, often want many things. Sometimes those wants and what God wants seems to be a weird mystery to solve. This reminds me of a story when Jesus was in the middle of a crowd in a town called Jericho. A blind man kept calling out loud to Jesus, “have mercy on me!” But, the crowd wanted him to shut-up. Then God intervened. Jesus stopped walking and told the believers with him, “Call him.” When Jesus’ followers went bring the blind man to Jesus, he became excited and “jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.”

Then Jesus asked the obvious question, “What do you want me to do for you?” 

At no surprise the obvious answer was given by the blind man, “Rabbi, I want to see.” 

Jesus, in his usual easy-going way, replied, “Go, your faith has healed you.” In an instant the “man” was no longer the “blind man.” 

The miracle gave him sight and he “followed Jesus along the road.” When he gained his “sight” he saw Jesus’ face and he saw Christ his Savior – by faith he believed, then followed the Lord.   

Faith In The Unseen: 2 Corinthians 4:18

When Christ is obvious in our life, then, who we are becomes transparent. All humanity is looking for an answer, a miracle that will fill their emptiness. That is what brings validity to who God is, all because the obvious answer to the deepest question within our being has one answer, Christ. 

In the same way a community of believers reveal the obvious answer as to who the Healer is, who the lover of our being is, and who the God of eternity is.

To understand the answer of people’s want is to understand the question, “What do you want me to do for you?”

Being obvious,

Owen <><

See: Mark 10:46-52