ARE YOU THE ONE, OR SHOULD WE LOOK FOR SOMEONE ELSE?

Dear Friends, Luke 7 :20 NASB says When the men came to Him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to You, to ask, 'Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?'"When the men came to Him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to You, to ask, 'Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?'"

How many times have we ourselves asked this question, when faced with some challenge, some struggle, some tragedy, or some adversity? But, more importantly I believe that many people are waiting with baited breath, and reserved judgment until after January 20, 2009. "Let's see how he governs." Is he the black messiah that we have long awaited for to deliver us from the hand of white America." Is he the one to right the wrongs of 400 years of slavery, racism, and oppression?

So he replied to the messengers, "Go back and report what you have seen and heard: The housing market has stabilized, Unemployment is down to it's lowest mark ever, 401k's and 457's have started rising again. GM, Ford, and Chrysler have rebounded, and have all posted fourth quarter profits. Troops have been withdrawn from Iraq, and sent back to the U.S. World leaders have showed up to the G-8 conferences in record numbers. There are more black mayors, black govenors, black senators, then there has ever been in the history of this nation. Pray is back in schools, "One nation under God" is still in the Pledge of Allegiance, morality has been restored to it's pre-1950's era. Change has truly come to the world. And on, and on, and on...