Re:Verse passage – Luke 7:18-35 (day five)
This week we see the honesty and the vulnerability of the scriptures. The heroes mentioned in the Bible have flaws and weaknesses. John the Baptist is no exception. He is portrayed as he really is. Fiery. Finite. Faith-filled. Fallible.
So how do you go from being full of conviction to being consumed by questions? Maybe it’s the wrong question. A better question might be, “What do you do when you question (even doubt) the goodness and character of God?” (The doubts and questions will probably come to all of us in some form or fashion.) John the Baptist gives us a good example to follow. He engages Jesus. He seeks and searches for Jesus. Doesn’t internalize. Doesn’t start debates with others. He reaches out in honesty and humility to the Christ. And Jesus in return, is just as tender with John as he is with the blind and the lepers. Jesus then teaches John (and us) to recall and consider what Jesus has done (is doing), and to reflect on our own experiences and encounters with Jesus rather than our current circumstances. Celebrate and take notice of the things Jesus has done in us and around us. To remember. To rejoice in what we’ve already seen and experienced. To make and then revisit our own “ebenezers”
Here I raise my Ebenezer, hither by thy help I’ve come. (The Ebenezer is a reminder of a time and place we have felt and witnessed God’s love and grace.)
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