Saturday June 24, 2017
John is the fiercest and most devoted to God among the prophets. He belonged to God from the time he was conceived in his mother's womb. The words that came out of his mouth were the words of God. His message was to root up and tear down nations and then to build and to plant the new kingdom of God and his children on the earth. He lived in expectation, waiting, looking, being alert in every moment for the presence and the coming power of God to reveal itself. Do we live investigating the times and circumstances that the Spirit of God gives to us with any of the intensity and zeal of John? Do we appreciate what the prophets have done for us-along with so many others that have brought us to birth in God? John was about turning people towards God, bringing them to the practice of the wisdom of the just, and preparing a people for the Lord. May we pray for prophets like this in every nation and community.
