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Destined for Mediocrity
"John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of (Jesus) were true. And many believed on him there." (John 10:41-42).
John the Baptist was a voice, a lone voice, crying in a wilderness of sin and religious arrogance. He never done any miracles. He never made a lame man walk. He never opened a blinded eye, or unstopped a deaf ear. He never turned water to wine or made a feast from a few loaves and fishes. John the Baptist just pointed the way --- the way to Christ --- to bear witness of the Light. "One mightier than I cometh," He proclaimed, "the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose."
Do you find yourself unsatisfied with your Christian experience? Do you think you don't do enough? Do you not have any special talents or abilities? Do you not see great miracles or signs wrought by your hands, as they were by the apostles, and other great Christians down through the ages? John the Baptist never performed a miracle, but Jesus said of him, "Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist."
What John could do, he done with all his heart, and that was to be a voice, a witness of the Light. And long after John was gone, we still see the effects of his ministry --- "and many believed on (Jesus) there." (John 10:42). And isn't that the most important thing?
Lord, maybe we can't all do great things and wonderful works for You. But we can all be a voice and a witness of the Light, so that others will believe on You.
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