"Your Question Of The Day"

And Jesus answered and said to him, "What do you want Me to do for you?" The blind man said to Him, "Rabboni, that I may receive my sight," Mark 10:51

When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, "Do you want to be made well?"  John 5:6

And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched My clothes?" But His disciples said to Him, "You see the multitude thronging You, and you say, 'Who touched Me?'" And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. Mark 5:30-33

And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to Him, "Yes, Lord." Then He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be to you." Matthew 9:28-29

When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" So they said, "Some say John the baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" And Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Matthew 16:13-16
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So, The question of the day,  What do the verses above all have in common? In the verses above we see Jesus doing something that He actually doesn't do very much of. Most of the time He is talking and sharing truths. He is usually teaching and declaring the kingdom etc. but there are a few occasions where He stops to ask a specific individual a specific question. Why? Why make a point of asking a blind man what he wants Him to do for him? The answer seems obvious, right? A blind man is going to want sight.

Why does He specifically stop and ask the paralytic if he wants to be healed? Again, it seems that a "Yes!" the obvious answer, would be forthcoming.  Or one of my personal favorite, why ask "Who touched me?" when, as the disciples pointed out, He was being thronged or touched by a whole crowd of people? Why ask these people these questions?  These were just your everyday in need people that He asked a simple enough question to get an answer that He already knew. So why ask?

Personally, I think it has to do with their confession of faith! Each time He would ask your everyday in need person a question they would respond and He would act. A miracle always followed. Every time He would ask a question then it would put them in a place of receiving their answer! "What would you have Me do for you?" Miracle. The blind man received his sight. "Do you want to be made well?" Miracle. He took up his bed and walked

"Who touched My clothes?" Miracle. Healed, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. By forcing her confession He was able to give her His blessing and speak a healing word over more than just her body. He told her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction." He called her daughter and told her to go in peace. He reaffirmed to her that her affliction was taken care of along with all that she had gone through concerning it for the last twelve years. Think for a moment. If she had left without that confession how would she have spent the rest of her life? I think she would have lived in fear of the affliction returning for the rest of her days; knowing she had broken the law and basically snuck her healing.

"Do you believe that I am able to do this?" Miracle. Two blind men received their sight at once.

"But who do you say that I am?" Miracle. Peter is given a Divine revelation of who Jesus is and Jesus responds by declaring a prophetic word to and over Peter that not only declares the Divine revelation to be the truth but it will also be the truth; the confession of faith that will be the foundation that the church will be built on as well as the the confession that wins every victory over the enemy!

And Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon BarJonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."

If Jesus asked someone a personal question and I'm not talking about the rhetorical ones He would ask the scribes and Pharisees when being tested but personal ones of everyday individuals then something cool would follow!

So, the question of the day is really for you and I and don't forget your response and the confession of your mouth puts you in the place of receiving! Today for some of us He is asking, "What do you want Me to do for you?" For someone else it might be, "Do you want to be made well?" For others it might be, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?"  or "Who touched Me?" because you need more then what you received in the past.  For some it may be, "But who do you say that I am?" because you need to make your confession based on a the truth of who He is in your life. Today as He speaks His question to you receive the miracle that your confession releases into your life! Then ....Praise Him!