Matt 11:3 - "Are you the One we've been expecting or are we still waiting?" John asks the question from a dark damp dungeon---a prison cell for preaching truth. But it's Jesus' reply knowing the rest of the story that grips me this day. "Go to the prison and tell John: The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the wretched of the earth learn that God is on their side." We know the rest of the story in Matt 14: 11-12...John's head would be carried on a platter at Herod's birthday party at the request of Herodian and her daughter. John wasn't healed or saved from a horrendous death. John knew something I don't know as he wrestled through Jesus leaving him from prison cell to prison cell. Yet John was free.
Are you burned out with what God is asking of you? Are you worn out with your life, your family, your friends, your ministry? Matt 11:28-30 - "Come to Me. Get away with Me and you'll recover your life. How do you get away with Jesus? He will show you how to take a real rest. "Walk with Me and work with Me---watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of Grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with Me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."
Am I disrupted by the story of John the Baptist and how he learned the unforced rhythms of Grace?
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