“When John, who was
in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah,
he sent his disciples
to ask him,
“Are you the one who
is to come, or should we expect someone else?”
Jesus replied, “Go
back and report to John what you hear and see:
The blind receive
sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed,
the deaf hear, the
dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.
Blessed is anyone who
does not stumble on account of me.”
Matthew 11:2-6
They were related.
They were cousins.
In many ways they
were similar.
But in so many other
ways they were quite different.
One was a messenger
sent ahead to prepare the way for the Messiah.
The other one was the
Messiah.
Perhaps the disciples
of John the Baptist had become comfortable, or at least used to, the methods
and the message of John.
But this Jesus, He
was different.
He ate with sinners.
He moved in a power
not evident in John’s ministry.
Maybe no others
struggled with this transition as much as John’s disciples.
Their ‘leader’ was
gone.
Could they now
believe the words of Jesus?
Maybe you find yourself
in a place of transition.
We at His Place church can certainly say that
we are.
Are you/we willing to
change?
No, I don’t mean the
message or the ‘fundamentals’.
Are we willing to
follow the Lord as He leads us in ways and to places we have not gone before?
The simple answer is yes.
But it is also the
hardest answer sometimes.
Who would choose
bondage over freedom.
The simple answer is “No
one!”
But some Israelites,
when faced with change, longed for the ‘good old days’ of Egypt.
Lord:
Help us never to miss
the Promised Land of your Kingdom because we choose the familiar over the
changes needed to bring us into that Kingdom.
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