‘Are You the one who is coming or do we look for another. Matthew 11:3
John the Baptist had baptised Jesus, seen the dove and heard the words of the angel. After this baptism John had stepped out of the limelight. Jesus was now centre-stage. Now that John is in prison, he is fearing rightly for his life. Largely forgotten by the world, John was beginning to have his doubts.
‘Are you the one who is to coming,’ he asks, ‘or do we look for another. ‘ Matthew 11:3. No wonder he was now beginning to doubt.
And there are times when we too doubt. Maybe we have lost our job and finances are difficult, our friends are dying and our own lives are in danger through persecution. The worry and doubt floods our minds. Our hearts cry out, Is it true, does God care for us? When we doubt we can turn to the psalms, David often cried out to God. He suffered more than we, but by putting has trust in God he was able to say ‘The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.’ Psalm 23:1. In fact he left a whole host of psalms to give us comfort.