Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Matthew 17:9-13; Malachi 4:4-5
by: Linda Lawton.
The Jews recognized neither Elijah (John) nor the Messiah (Jesus), although they had been looking for both of them for generations. Indeed, they rejected them instead. They did this because they (the Jews) had preconceived notions about how prophecy would be fulfilled. We need to be open and willing to recognize and accept when God does things in ways we do not anticipate. What is something that you originally thought was a total disaster, but now you can see that God was working in the midst of it?