“They said, ‘Though John [the Baptist] never performed a sign, all that John said about this man was true.’ And in that place many believed in Jesus.” (John 10:41-42, NIV)
It is not necessary to be a worker of signs and miracles to be at the heart of the plan of God for this world.
John the Baptist only proclaimed the truth — and because of his testimony, many believed in Jesus.
It is worth noting that telling the truth is not always an easy task: Speaking the truth — in love — is hard when we’re personally frustrated; the truth is often at odds with “conventional wisdom” or with the “politically correct”; and the truth is often — as the proverb says — “just getting its shoes on while a lie has run half-way around the world.”
However, according to scripture, it is knowing the truth that makes us free. (John 8:32)
Not many of us will work miracles, but all of us can strive to know the truth intimately; to live the truth faithfully; and to speak the truth in love. In doing so, many around us will come to believe in Jesus, who is the way, the truth, and the life. – Luther
