On the ninth of
Christmas, God’s true Love gave to me…
…a job to do.
John is being grilled by messengers from the religious
leaders in Jerusalem. Might this person baptizing in the Jordan and gaining
followers be the Messiah? When they ask him “Who are you?” John answers in the
negative: “I am not the Messiah!” “Who are you? Who ARE you?” the messengers
keep asking, “Elijah?” “The prophet?” John continues to disappoint and
frustrate them by not laying claim to any of those identities. Finally, and
only when they appear desperate, does John reveal that while he may not be the
prophet, he does fulfill one of Isaiah’s prophecies: “I am the voice of one
crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord’”.
This is used in the current lectionary year as an Advent
text. Our wildernesses are many, and exist anywhere that God is not present.
Our job is to do everything we can to help smooth the way for others to
encounter the living God. How does that job look in your context?
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