Light....

Jesus asks, 'what do you want from me?' I mean, I'm blind, struggling, desperate, hungry, needful... and Jesus parks in front of me and still asks the question, 'what do you want from me?' I like that He doesn't assume! If I am completely honest, I am not always sure that I want what He wants for me. I am not sure that I am ready to adjust my life to His life in order to experience fullness of life. Isn't that the consummate life irony?!? I actually think that I know what I need more than my Creator desires and has designed for me. All the while, I'm bruising my life, breaking my heart (breaking hearts around me as well) and stumbling about blind... thinking that I am making a way.

So, Jesus pulls up to me..to you... and asks whether we really want Him to be life... to be light... to be hope... to be this amazing path that will guide us into consummation of purpose. I think that He is wondering if I really want to know Him. Whether I want to know His purposes. Whether I am willing to adjust to His ways. I think He wonders if I am tired of stumbling, hitting my shins, and my heart and swearing because it hurts. Jesus says, I am LIGHT. When you know me, you see better and, amazingly, you don't get hurt as much.

Honestly, I want to be a bit like Bartimaeus. I want the desperate cry of my heart to be "Jesus, Son of David. Have mercy on me!' When Jesus pulls up beside that level of desperation and asks what I want. I think my simple answer will be "You". I want you, Jesus Christ. I want light... I want to see... I want passion... I want life. I think Jesus will say, "I'm all of that and more."

So, I'm planning to think alot about Jesus. By that, I mean that I am planning to systematically, strategically, and intentionally think alot about Jesus. I want to contemplate Him so that, by His act of mercy, I might become like Him. So that, for His glory alone, I might actually reflect Him in this earth.

2 Corinthians 3.18 is an intense, beautiful, potential-filled verse for us. Enjoy that verse. Contemplate. Cry out with desperation. When He asks what you want, be prepared to embrace Him and adjust to His ways. See. Become. Live. Reflect!

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For the Glory,

Mark