Theophilus

Did you ever expected or anticipated something, but when it finally got here it was not at all like what you expected?

That is what happened to John when he sent his disciples to Jesus with the question: “Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?” {Matt 11:3 NIV} Doesn’t it strike you as strange that John the Baptist – John who said: “Behold the Lamb of God” – John who said: “I am not worthy to tie up His sandals” – would ask such a question?

As Jesus was dying on the Cross, He cried: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Was Jesus asking the same question that John asked: “Am I the One?”

At one time or another, all of us become disappointed with God. That usually happens when we are facing seemingly insurmountable frustrations, depression and fears. That is when we start asking questions like:

• “If Jesus is so powerful why am I in pain?”
• “If Jesus is so powerful, why didn’t he heal my mother/father/brother/sister?”
• “If Jesus is so powerful, why didn’t he save my loved one from that accident or better yet prevent the whole thing?”
• “If Jesus is so powerful, why doesn’t He stop all the wars?”
• “If Jesus is so powerful, why is 1/6th of the world’s population suffer from hunger and malnutrition?”

Just like John, we can find it easy to question, doubt and even blame God when problems pile on and He does not respond in the manner that we expected and hoped He would