"And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No." Then they said to him, "Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself? He said: "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord,"' as the prophet Isaiah said.""
John 1:21-23 (NKJV)
John the Baptist was a man sent by God to help prepare the way for Jesus. When John the Baptist started his ministry there was some natural curiosity about him; who is this man and why is he doing what is he doing? People heard John speak and they saw what he did but they wanted a direct answer from the man himself. The religious leaders of the day sent a group to John to ask him, "Who are you, what do you say about yourself?" This is a good question for us today as well.
When John the Baptist gave the answer about who he was, notice what he did not say. John did not talk about his family background, his financial status, his level of education, or his life experiences. When John responded to the question about who he was, John focused on what he was doing for God. John had the emphasis in the right place; he realized that his relationship with God and what he did in his life for God was the most important thing. It is also interesting to see that John connected what he was doing with something from the Bible; it is good to find our identity and purpose from God and His Word.
What you say about yourself is very important and it identifies who you are. What others say about you and what others think about you does not matter as much as what you say and think about yourself. Our question today is the same question that was asked of John the Baptist, who are you and what do you say about yourself? The devil will try to stir up problems in our life and confront us with questions about our identity of who we are and what we are doing. Knowing the answer to these questions will help us succeed in life; we need to know who we are in Christ.
John 1:21-23 (NKJV)
John the Baptist was a man sent by God to help prepare the way for Jesus. When John the Baptist started his ministry there was some natural curiosity about him; who is this man and why is he doing what is he doing? People heard John speak and they saw what he did but they wanted a direct answer from the man himself. The religious leaders of the day sent a group to John to ask him, "Who are you, what do you say about yourself?" This is a good question for us today as well.
When John the Baptist gave the answer about who he was, notice what he did not say. John did not talk about his family background, his financial status, his level of education, or his life experiences. When John responded to the question about who he was, John focused on what he was doing for God. John had the emphasis in the right place; he realized that his relationship with God and what he did in his life for God was the most important thing. It is also interesting to see that John connected what he was doing with something from the Bible; it is good to find our identity and purpose from God and His Word.
What you say about yourself is very important and it identifies who you are. What others say about you and what others think about you does not matter as much as what you say and think about yourself. Our question today is the same question that was asked of John the Baptist, who are you and what do you say about yourself? The devil will try to stir up problems in our life and confront us with questions about our identity of who we are and what we are doing. Knowing the answer to these questions will help us succeed in life; we need to know who we are in Christ.
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