"Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to [Jesus], saying, 'Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.' And He said to them, 'What do you want Me to do for you?' "
I find this (above) a very interesting interchange. James and John, the ever-bold brothers, come to the Messiah with an audacious statement: "We want You to do for us WHATEVER we ask." The impressive thing here is that Christ does not reprove, rebuke, or correct them in *any way*. The Lord simply asks, "What do you want Me to do for you?"
Could it be, that we believers are often just not "intrepid" enough to ask God for *everything* we really want? The Lord knows our hearts and desires anyway--why should we not have the candor of laying them bare before Him?
[Puritan quote of the day: "Though God does not answer you imme-
diately, yet He does hear you immediately." --William Bridge, in "A Lifting Up for the Downcast"]
