Sunday, December 15, 2019. Not Yet (Part 3). Isaiah 35:1-10 & Matthew 11:2-11. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. Israel was waiting for so much more than a Messiah; they were awaiting God's decisive action on their behalf. But when they assumed that God's action would serve Israel's narrow benefit, they failed to grasp the full scope of God's work. When the church adopts a similarly narrow focus—assuming that God's work in the world is (or should be) for the church's good—we miss the expansiveness of God's grace and the broad intention of God's coming kingdom.