Kenneth Copeland Devotional 18 November 2023 – Do You Know What to Ask For?
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Topic: Do You Know What to Ask For?
And Jesus answered and said, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said, Lord, that I might receive my sight. – Mark 10:51
All of us know what it’s like to go around in circles. To pray through the financial disaster only to be met by another. To receive healing for one illness just in time to be knocked off our feet by the next.
Oh, we try. We pray. We exercise our faith. But we keep getting caught in the same old problems repeatedly. Why? Because all too often, we are still determining what it is. Is. We need to be praying. Prayin’, I almost hear your reaction. “Believe me, Brother Copeland, that’s not my problem. I know what I need. It’s getting that need met that’s got me running in circles.”
That’s what most other folks think, too. So they spend all their time working on getting. They waste their energy praying for things they don’t need and asking for something they don’t want. Then they wind up going nowhere fast.
Look with me at Mark 10, and you’ll see what I mean. Blind Bartimaeus sat by the roadside begging when Jesus passed by. “And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me…. And he, casting away his garment, rose and came to Jesus. And Jesus answered and said to him, that I should do unto thee? The blind man said, Lord, that I might receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, thy way; thy faith hath made haste whole. And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus in the way” (verses 47, 50-52).
Now, I want you to think about something for a moment. In the light of what the Scriptures tell us, how many needs did Bartimaeus have? Did he have just one? No! He wasn’t simply a blind man; he was a beggar. He probably had more problems than you could shake a stick at, and all those problems seemed like legitimate needs to Bartimaeus. But it was a sight he needed. All the rest would fall into line if he could obtain his company.
He knew that. So, when Jesus said, “Bartimaeus, what do you want Me to do for you?” he knew exactly what to ask for, and he said that Itesus is just as available to you today as He was to Bartimaeus. He’s just as willing to meet your needs. Do you really know what to ask for?
Think about that. Pray about it. Let the Lord Jesus open your eyes and show you what you need. If you do that, your prayers will take on a whole new. Instead of hitting around at the edges of your problems, they’ll go straight to the heart—and solve them. And you won’t have to waste your life running in circles anymore.
Scripture Reading: Mark 10:46-52
This message was written by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, the leader of the Kenneth Copeland Ministries (www.KCM.org), which specializes in teaching principles of bible faith – prayer, healing, salvation, and other biblical topics.
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