Show me Jesus!

Exodus 25:30
And you shall set the showbread on the table before Me always.

Have you ever asked yourself, “What does God want from me?”  The list could be endless.  A lot of people will tell you that God wants your money or your family.  Others will tell you He wants your job or your status.  The idea is that God wants all that you have in order to know that you love Him.

The truth is God doesn’t want (or need) anything from you.  In fact, God has actually given you all that He has: Jesus Christ.  What God desires from you is your acknowledgement of Jesus and your continual focus on Him.

When God instructed Moses in how to build the Ark of the Covenant, the sanctuary, the lampstand, and the tables, He was very clear in one thing. God said, “You shall set the showbread on the table before Me always.” God’s showbread is Jesus Christ.  His desire is that you will always lay before Him Jesus Christ.

But what about my suffering with this disease or my need for a job? Doesn’t God have a plan for these things?  Yes, His plan is through Jesus!  It is only by laying Jesus’ finished work as your sacrifice continually before God that He is able to “fix” all the other problems in your life.  

God wants to continually see Jesus before Him.  He is the Showbread (John 6:35).  This is what makes prayer effective and gives us hope! When we pray, whether praying for healing, a job, a family member, or financial breakthrough, our prayer should always begin with Jesus: “Father God Jesus, Your Son, died for my sins, my healing, and my restoration.  He became sin so that I can be righteous.  Thank you for Christ.  Because of what He has done, I’m believing You for...”

Prayers like this show the heart of the petitioner.  They show a focus on the finished work of Jesus Christ and they continually lay His perfection, His life, before God.  It is because of Christ that we can hold to the promise of Psalm 37:4, “Delight yourself in the LORD and He shall give you the desires of your heart.”

So, what does God want?  He wants you to focus on Jesus.  He wants you to remind Him of Jesus and in so doing, He’ll give you the desires of your heart.  Heath, restored relationships, financial freedom, employment security, whatever the desire of your heart, through Jesus, it is yours!