Please take 3 minutes and 29 seconds to watch this clip of Jesus calling the disciple Simon the Zealot.

Watch HERE.

The operative section I’d like to call your attention to occurs from 1:40 — 1:55 in the video.

In the scene, Simon the Zealot wants to know why Jesus needs him, and Jesus says something I find to be truly remarkable.

“I have everything I need. But I wanted you.”

I encourage you to take these two sentences with you into your prayer this week. Find a time to pray, alone, and invite Jesus to sit with you. Imagine Jesus looking you in the eyes and saying to your face:

“I have everything I need. But I wanted you.”

Jesus

Jesus wants you. He doesn’t need you; he wants you.

For what, you might ask? Alas, that is not for me to say. Ask him yourself and see what he has to say.