sooo, i’m still seeing this word “beg” pop up all over the place and i’m still chewing on it…i’m trying to fully understand it and to find what all i need to be begging for…to find why it is that i don’g beg God, for anything really…and so i’m reading this morning…finishing up john 4 and i don’t even get 10 verses past what we looked at the other day…and there it is again…someone is begging Jesus and He is doing what it is they begged Him to do…check it out…verses 46-51 of john 4…
As He traveled through Galilee, He came to Cana, where He had turned the water into wine. There was a government offficial in nearby Capernaum whose son was very sick. When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galileee, he went and begged Jesus to come to Capernaum to heal his son, who was about to die. Jesus asked, “Will you never believe in me unless you see miraculous signs and wonders?” The official pleaded, “Lord, please come now before my little boy dies.” Then Jesus told him, “Go back home. Your son will live!” And the man believed what Jesus said and started home. While man was on his way, some of his servants met him with the news that his son was alive and well.
sooo, this father goes to where Jesus was and begged Him for healing that he knew Jesus alone could bring…he didn’t just try once and give up either…he begged a second time, and even with a little more urgancy than the first time…he was desperately seeking healing for his son…he wanted it more than anything else…he was specific with Jesus…he wasn’t concerned with Jesus really coming to his house or with the healing being a miraculous sign…he didn’t want his son to die…
sooo what i’m challenged with today is how persistant i am with my prayer…how specific…and i’m still dealing with the idea of desperately seeking…i look at life right now and think…so the lives of my family members who have no relationship with Christ, they aren’t worth begging God for??? my daughter’s health and not having the dreaded genetic kidney disease that her mommy has, isn’t worth begging God for??? the healing that my brothers and sisters in Christ need, whether it be physical, emotional, spiritual, isn’t worth begging God for???
why don’t i beg??? i mean really beg…persistantly…specifically??? are these things not that important???
do you beg??? i mean really beg…persistantly…specifically???
he went and begged Jesus…
