Matthew 11:2-11

Jesus wasn’t matching up, point-for-point, with John the Baptist’s expectations. John was impatient for Jesus to clearly take up the work of Messiah and make it more obvious. When Jesus didn’t match his expectations he started to entertain the glimmer of a doubt. Maybe Jesus wasn’t the One who is to come.

John’s struggle here is an honest look at impatience and doubt in the life of a believer. Some of these same concerns might lurk in our hearts. But God dispels our doubts with his Word and points us to the many fulfilled promises of the past. We can trust that He will bring us to a future where every expectation will finally be met, point for point.