Luke 18
Your Deepest Need!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, May 28.
In Luke 18:41, Jesus asks the question, “What do you want me to do for you?”
The story is told in Luke 18:35-43, a blind beggar cries out: “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” (38). Even though he is rebuked by those around him, this blind beggar cries out louder and louder: “Son of David, have mercy on me!” (40).
This got Jesus’ attention. The blind beggar was socially ridiculed for crying out to Jesus, but he boldly risked their scorn for a chance to get to Jesus. He needed something only God could give him (Luke 18:27). And Jesus responded to his faith!
I wonder if you need something that is so deep, such a pressing need in your life, that you would be willing to face people’s rebuke and ridicule to cry out to Jesus.
Do you even know your deepest need? What would you ask for if you were in the place of this blind beggar?
Not a want…
Not a temporary fix…
Not a band-aide on a gushing artery wound…
The truth is that without God in our lives, we are all blind beggars, in need of healing, in need of deliverance, in need of what only He can give. Does that truth offend you… maybe that’s your deepest need!
Seize the moment and put yourself in the shoes of this blind beggar from 2,000 years ago: “If Jesus asked you, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ what would you say?
Your answer reveals a lot about you.
I pray for you that the Lord Jesus Christ may lead you into a sincere faith as you cry out to Him today for the deepest need of your life. Remembering these words from Luke 18:27, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” May the Lord heal, bless, deliver, and rescue you today. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
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