Searching the Wilderness

Matthew 11:7-10

You went out into the wilderness for to see,
A tall stem moving in the wind up on a tree;
But going out for to see holding reason why,
Was it visiting a delicately clothed guy?
Those in fair robes are in houses for kings,
And are surrounded with expensive things;
But why did you even consider going out?
Must have been to see a prophet no doubt;
More than a prophet for as Christ the Lord,
Sending John the Baptist for on the record;
Paving the way in order of going out ahead,
Of whom eventually on the cross and bled.
We know it was not Elijah to have returned.
A prophet was what they were concerned;
Someone to forecast the Messiah to come,
To be as king and rid them of the scum;
We look for answers in the wrong places,
Talking to wrong ears and wrong faces;
A higher authority our concerns to share,
As we go to God talking to Him in prayer.

Richard Newton Sherrer

Copyright ©2004 Richard Newton Sherrer

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