Sunday, June 24, 2012

What if John Acted Like Us?

All the celebrating of St. John the Baptist this weekend got me thinking ...


What if he acted like us?  


What if, instead of shouting the famous "Behold, the lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world!", he said:


"Psst ... see that Guy?  He might be the Christ, but I'm not sure.  Let's wait and see if He gives us any proof."


or


"Hey guys ... huddle up for a minute ... see that Guy over there?  He is the Savior.  Now, don't say anything because we don't want to offend anyone, okay?"


or


"Wow, look, it's the Son of God!  I have to go do a couple of things, but hopefully He is still here when I'm done."


or


"Jesus!  You have finally come to us!  Here is a list of all the things I would like ..."




Thank goodness Jesus had St. John, instead of us, as His original herald.  


But the truth is, the Lord still needs us to proclaim to the world that He is here.   
Just better than we are doing now ...


God Bless.

3 comments:

Victor S E Moubarak said...

Good post Michael.

One way for us to witness is through the Internet.

God bless.

Unknown said...

Shudder the thought, Michael! But one that does make us stop and think (as all your posts do.)John is a great example for us. May there be more of Jesus and less of me.

Daily Grace said...

Awe, good post Michael. Like John proclaimed the coming of Christ, may we boldly proclaim him too without regard for whom we may offend by doing so. That was a great point you made.

God bless