For Saturday June 17, 2023
1 Samuel 20:4
Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you yourself desire, I will do it for you.”
In John 15:7, Jesus Christ said something to His disciples that Christians have wrestled with ever since: “Ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.” What? Does that mean anything? To be fair, there are two conditions: abide in Christ, and have His Word abide in you. Do those two things and then ask—yes, anything.
The implication is that when we abide in Christ, we will make Kingdom-centered requests that He is only too happy to grant. But if the disciples had done their Old Testament homework, they would have discovered Jesus’ words were spoken first by Saul’s son Jonathan to his friend David. These two young men had made a covenant with one another, pledging their all. So Jonathan told David, “Ask me anything, and I’ll do it for you.” That is the epitome of others-centered living. What we fail to remember is that, based on the New Covenant, every Christian is in a covenant relationship with every other believer. When we live for one another, self-centeredness loses its place. Look around you—every follower of Christ is someone for whom you should be living.
Is there someone to whom you could say this week, “Ask me anything, and I’ll do it for you”?
Many things are lost for want of asking.
ENGLISH PROVERB
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD 
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