The Voice of One

The greatest man that ever lived according to Jesus was John the Baptist.  (Matthew 11:11; Luke 7:28)  Yet John said about himself, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.”   As I was studying to teach about John recently, this description given of himself is in all four gospels.  As I read them over and over each morning, throughout the day, the phrase, “voice of one crying in the wilderness” struck me.  The first time was during prayer for an unsaved acquaintance that someone else had told me was a hopeless case.  

Though we find ourselves “a voice of one crying in the wilderness” of sin and darkness, we must never consider anyone a hopeless case.  Apart from Christ, I am nothing but “with God, all things are possible.”  One may seem like a lonely number, especially in the wilderness, but as one child before an all powerful Father, the possibilities are endless!!