Sharing Jesus - October 6, 2010

Daily Lectioanry For October 6, 2010
Psalm 69:1-15
Hosea 8:1-14
Acts 23:23-35
Luke 7:18-35

Luke 7:18-35
John sends two of his disciples to question Jesus - to discover if "he is the one who is to come".  Jesus, being Jesus, does not answer yes or no, but instead gives John's followers an assignment - "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news brought to them."(v.22)  It is not a matter of having to vouch for Jesus - the evidence of who he is and what he has done is everywhere to be seen - they do not need to tell John Jesus is the one - they need to tell John what Jesus has done.  And so it is with us.  We are called to share with folks the ways we have witnessed Jesus at work in our world and in our lives.  We may certainly profess that Jesus is Lord, but the point will be made that much stronger when we tell of the ways that we perceive the world to be different because Jesus is alive and at work in it.