Declaring Your Expectations

“He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”

John 20:15

Sometimes Jesus would ask a question which seemed to have an obvious answer.

Like asking the blind man, “What would you have me do?”

You almost half expect the blind man to answer –

“What do you think I want, can’t you see I’m blind?”

But Jesus was not one to waste words.

His question was not incidental nor was it an ice-breaker.

He had purpose in asking as He did.

He was drawing out that person’s expectation.

He did it with the blind man and He did it with the woman with the issue of blood.

“Who touched me?” He asked.

But He was seeking something form each of them and so many others.

He was seeking their expectation, their faith.

He was giving them the opportunity to declare their need and their faith in the one who alone could meet those needs.  

Are your expectations expressed?

Do they find a way into your conversation with God?

Indeed, He knows your heart and your desires even before you express them but He waits for that declaration of faith, that declaration from you to Him of your expectations.

Sometimes, silence isn’t golden!