July 19
The words of Matthew 11:2,3, are bittersweet. Here John the Baptist who has been imprisoned and will be executed within days, “…heard … what the Messiah was doing…and sent two of his disciples to Jesus who asked about Him, ‘Are You the One who is to come?’”
Jesus did not answer them directly with a “Yes” or a “No,” but He did reiterate to them the wonderful miracles that He was doing in their midst. This was a ministry-affirming answer that gave His cousin John the assurance he needed to face death, knowing that the long-awaited One he had proclaimed had truly come.
When we face uncertain circumstances in life, we may do so with our faith intact, knowing the One to whom we have committed our lives is indeed all we have heard Him to be.
We may face life or death with absolute confidence in the promises on which we have built our hope. We may trust to the end of our days that Jesus is faithful and true, God of very God.
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