Jesus praises John the Baptist

When you turn to God, God turns towards you. Before you seek God’s face, He cares about you and adorned you with beauty and admiration, glamour and grace. In His presence, we are restored. We become His voice as He is the Word that brought all things into being.

In today’s first reading, Isaiah foretells the years of the restoration of Israel. This is the year of the Messiah. The jubilee which John the Baptist also announced. May we too experience unshakable years of peace and restoration in this nation and the entire world at large. With compassion and love, He will take us back.

In today’s gospel, Jesus praises John the Baptist. Here’s the lesson for us. When you witness for God, God will acknowledge us. We must be his witnesses. It is a great necessity. Faith comes by hearing a witness.

We are wanted not to make much of ourselves.
Beware of the witness that needs attention for himself. Beware of the preacher who constantly angles to put himself in a good light and returns again and again to his ministry and his achievements. Beware of the preacher’s subtle preoccupation with himself even when he speaks of his flaws. Beware of your bent to love the praise of men.

Osho