6 MAY 23 Saturday: A Closer Walk Devotional
“Then he told John’s disciples, ‘God back to John and tell him what you have seen and heard-the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.’ and he added, ‘God blesses those who do not fall away because of me.’” Luke 7’23
We deal with daily expectations ranging from the service we should receive at a restaurant to relationships. There is an inlaid hope that things will work out in our favor and we will be happy at the end of the day. It does not always work like that. Expectations are not always met for various reasons.
John the Baptist is sitting in Jail for speaking truth to power and he is beginning to wonder if Jesus is truly the Messiah or if he got it wrong. Expectations are not being met, so he sends his followers to investigate. Maybe his expectations were not in alignment with reality. Has that ever happened to you? Jesus gives them a testimony of word and deed that will answer the real question, the Messiah is on the scene.
John’s situation doesn’t change, but it does give him peace in the midst of it. His expectations are reset against the plumb line of the Good News. Jesus makes a statement at the end saying, ‘God blesses those who do not fall away because of me.’ People hear things about Jesus and form expectations that are out of alignment with the truth, then get angry and close their ears to his message. God has given us the testimony of word and deed, but only a few will receive it. Those that do receive the blessing of God.
Are your expectations of God out of alignment?
Reading Plan: Psalm 55; Prov. 6; Col. 3:12-18; Luke 7:18-35
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