John 1:29-34 Trust God Words And Obey What You Know

God does not always reveal every little detail of His purpose and will.  That is if even reveals anything at all.  Here we see that God had chosen to reveal a part of His will in the revealing of the Messiah.  In verse 33 we God had spoken these words to John the Baptist, “Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.”  God did not tell John specifically who the Messiah was, but gave him signs to look for in which would indeed reveal who the Messiah was.  John knew that the Christ would revealed while he was fulfilling his own calling.  He did not know who to look for or when the Messiah would be manifested, but He did know how God would reveal the Christ to him.  John did what he was supposed by responding to God’s Word, no matter how much or how little God revealed, and obeyed what he knew God had revealed to him.

Application:  We to, like John, just need to obey and trust in what God has revealed.  He may reveal a lot to us or little to nothing.  But in His Word He has revealed some truths that we need to obey.  It will be no different with us than how God was with His prophets.  We will be held accountable for how we respond to what has been revealed.  There are reasons that God does not reveal everything to us and one of those reasons is God wants that personal relationship with us.  He wants us to come to Him in prayer and ask for those things we need.  Even wisdom and discernment and understanding.  If we want to know something just ask.  In James 1:5, James shares this, “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him”.

God has a plan that is perfect and will not be derailed.  We just have to be willing to trust in Him and His Word and obey what He has commanded us to do.  Are you willing to just trust and obey?