Wondering

Matthew 11:2-6 When John heard in prison what Christ was doing, he sent his disciples 3 to ask him, “Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?” 4 Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see: 5 The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor. 6 Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me.”
 
THE Bible is God’s story lived through very real people. Each person we read of, even the heroic prophets such as John the Baptist in the Scripture here, reveal to us the fear, doubt, sadness, joy, love, faith and hope we all experience.
   Doubt marks our sin nature. It’s easy to doubt when things don’t happen as we hope or expect. Shouldn’t John’s life had been easy and good? After all, John is the one God anointed to point the way to Jesus. He’s even the prophet who baptized Jesus! His life was the life every prophet desired to live - to be the one to see and anoint the Messiah! To point to Jesus and say, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29) was God’s remarkable gift to John.
   Then Herod Antipas of Galilee had arrested John for his true preaching against Herod’s sins. Languishing in Herod’s prison, John had doubts about his role. So he sent his disciples to ask Jesus, “Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?” Perhaps he could have said, “Can I trust you, Jesus, to be who you say you are, who I believe you are?”
   And what is Jesus’ reply? Jesus tells John’s disciples to report what he is doing. The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor. This tells John that Jesus is fulfilling the prophecy from Isaiah 29:18 In that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
   That would tell John that Jesus “is the one”. In the same way, we can know Jesus is the prophetic Word come true. He is the One who came to earth to complete God’s prophecies. He is the Word made flesh. And he will come to fulfill God’s future promises to rule a perfect world again.
 
Jesus Teaches: Are you wondering about Jesus, too? Remember Jesus’ life fulfilled the Scriptures.