S – As he approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging. ³⁶ Hearing a crowd passing by, he inquired what was happening. ³⁷ “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him. 

³⁸ So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” ³⁹ Then those in front told him to keep quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 

⁴⁰ Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to him. When he came closer, he asked him, ⁴¹ “What do you want me to do for you?” 

“Lord,” he said, “I want to see.” 

⁴² “Receive your sight,” Jesus told him. “Your faith has saved you.”

Luke 18:35–42 CSB

O – It is obvious the man is blind.  It is obvious that he was tenacious and desperate for his healing.   It is obvious that he got Jesus’ attention.  So why did Jesus ask him what he want him to do for him?

A –

*In asking for his healing, he is stopping his way of life and income – begging.

*In asking for his healing, he is stopping his interaction with society – where he belonged.

*In asking for his healing, he is stopping his identity – that blind guy.

*In calling Jesus, Son of David – he is “seeing” that Jesus is the Messiah, while physically blind.

*Could it be that when Jesus asked him the question, he saw so much faith and readiness to lose himself, that he was ready to do more than just heal him?

R – Lord, I don’t want to become stagnate in my faith.  I want to believe beyond my own life and what is comfortable.  I want to see in areas I am “blind.”  I want to continue to shed the things I identify with and make my identity in you.