The Touch of God, part 67

Warriors Arise: September 19, 2021

Mark 7:32 (NKJV) Then they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him to put His hand on him.

"They begged Him to put His hand on him", these words tug at my heart. What does it really mean? Why did they have to beg Jesus? Were they really begging or was it that they weren't operating in faith, so they weren't stepping forward with confidence. It wouldn't have been a lack of confidence in Jesus or His ability to deliver the deaf man with a speech impediment; however, it might have been something else. You wouldn't beg someone you knew had the power and the ability to do what you asked. Maybe Mark described them as begging because the people seems to undervalue themselves. It wasn't as if the deaf man with a speech impediment was following along, hollering after Jesus. "They" brought the man to Jesus.

As Scripture tells us, "they" begged Jesus to put His hands on him. Maybe they weren't really begging, maybe they were just fumbling over themselves in the presence of the Son of God. "They" would imply there was more than one. Maybe "they" didn't decide before "they" got in front of Jesus which one was going to ask. Maybe they all talked on top of each other or the first one spoke but one after another they thought no one had asked the way it should have been asked.

It kinds me remind of a man trying to get the right words to ask a girl out or to ask her hand in marriage. He wrestles inside of him over and over again exactly how he is going to say it. Generally, on the Hallmark movies it seems to come of smooth. But, in real life, their tongue gets tied, their mind slips into the "nothing" compartment of their brain, and they scramble for the right words. How many guys have tried several times to ask a particular girl out or her hand in marriage only to not be able to formulate the right words?

When all of them are speaking on top of each other it turns into begging. Sometimes we go before God and our mind is whirling. We think of all the things we want Him to fix in the world. Then, we finally get to the reason we snuck into our quiet place to be with Him.

There are times I have to sit and settle my mind. I have to really ask myself, "What is the one thing I want to ask God?" Many times I have found that the one thing is the thing that will put so many other things at rest. Instead of peeling the onion to get to the center I take a knife, the Word of God and cut the onion in half to expose the center. What is the core problem I need God to resolve?

I do not want to get caught upon all the layers, the begging, getting the words just right and the clarity of the reason I have sought Him. I do not want to struggle through the pain of the onion burning my eyes to cause me to stop before I get to the real reason I need God to intervene. Even when cutting to the center with the knife will cause some burning but at least the center is exposed and I didn't stop before I ask specifically for what I needed. Even though God knows what we need. He sees to the center of the onion, he knows what is at the core, He still wants us to ask. He doesn't need us to ask to He gets it right. He needs us to ask so we get it right. We need to know what we need of God. We need to know God wants to work on our behalf. We need to know God has heard us.

Father, You already know what I need. You listen intently even though You already know. You are waiting for me to get to the center. In my center, I find You. You are waiting for me. I come before You. Not a word from my mouth as I let you search my heart and speak to my mind. Lead me to the core. Lead me to what it is I need to ask. I know You can heal me and restore me. If I only have one thing to ask, I want to ask for the issue at my core. Your love for me is greater than I can comprehend. Your power is stronger than anything that keeps me in chains. Your peace gives me the boldness to ask exactly what I need. And You hear me in Jesus' name amen.

A Warrior in the Lord’s Army,

Veridee Joy Hand

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