Jesus being followed by a large crowd met a funeral procession of a widows son and Jesus felt compassion on her and raised the son back to life.
Great fear swept the crowd and they glorified God saying that a great prophet has arisen and God has visited the people.
It's interesting to see that whatever Jesus did, the people glorified God. He never sought to be popular with the people but lived before God's face seeking God's approval alone and as we saw earlier He slipped away often to pray and give glory to God.
When God uses you to bless someone, do people glorify God or do you make yourself a God to them making demands on them that they must do this and that for you. Do you make yourself a necessity in their lives thats you must be there to help or do they seek God more knowing that their help comes from above?
John sent and asked Jesus whether He was the Messiah or they should wait for another, he has been imprisoned and he begun doubting because Jesus did not take him out of the prison but he allowed him continue suffering there though he had been faithful to God and was doing His will.
Jesus performed miracles as a fulfillment of what Isaiah said that the Messiah would do in Isaiah 35:4-6.
He also added that blessed is the one who is not offended in me. This means that if you have been faithful to God and you have been doing His will seeking to please Him and you get into problems, after praying for deliverance and God seems not to answer you, if you don't get offended by God's silence in not answering you, you are a Blessed person. If have have no complaints in your hearts because of the sufferings you've got into just because you were doing God's will, instead of your heart is at peace knowing that God is still in control and He knows you are there and that He is wiser than you and He still loves you and have good plans for you ...you let patience have her perfect work in you so that you maybe complete, perfect and lacking in nothing. James 1:4
In your heart as you pray for deliverance you also patiently wait asking God to accomplish in you what He intended to accomplish by allowing the problem you are facing come to you and trusting Him that at the appointed time He will indeed deliver you.
Jesus asked the crowds went to see when they went to see John. He said that He was more than a prophet and the greatest of all who are born of women. He was greater than even Mary the mother of Jesus. He was sent to prepare the coming of the Lord by His message of repentance. Even today the way to prepare people for the coming of the Lord is by preaching repentance and telling people to turn away from sin and self and live for God all their lives.
He said that the least in the kingdom is greater than John the baptist. I'm this context we can say that a child of the kingdom can be faithful to God and obedient to God's voice and do His will but when they get into problems because they obeyed God, they will not be intimidated and get offended when God seems not to answer their prayers but with a contented heart full of thanksgiving, they will still be praising the Lord.
Do you get irritated and offended by God when you suffer for His sake just because you obeyed Him? You can rise higher than John the baptist as a child of the kingdom. You can still be praising God and thanking Him even in the midst of sufferings even if he seems not to hear you.
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