"What do you want me to do for you?"

As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?”“Lord, I want to see,” he replied. Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.” Luke 18

I was reading this passage from the gospel of Luke this morning.

It struck me that here is the Creator of the universe, God, Maker of heaven and earth, saying to a helpless, blind little being "What do you want me to do for you?". If this is what our Master does, what about us? Will we say to God "What do you want me to do for you?" Will we imitate Jesus, who, even though he is God, made himself nothing and took on the nature of a servant, to say to people around us "What do you want me to do for you?"