Knowing Jesus and Making Him Known
Our church is reading through the Bible in a year. The children and I read through the old testament during the school year last year, which was arranged over 5 days a week and only during the school months. This reading is much easier than 5-6 chapters a day allowing more time to hover over The Word. We read it together during the week and on our own on the weekend. The weekends, I hover! Matthew 11 was a weekend read for me to hover over. First, I never thought about the fact that John did not know who Jesus was. There were no baby showers, family reunions, or social media accounts to reacquaint those babies once they became men. John heard about Jesus just like others. John sent messengers to ask Jesus, "Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?" I love this! I love that he asked and let him know I'm going to keep looking if it's not you. John KNEW who he was looking for. Jesus responded: