Jesus was having one of those days! You know the kind of day when nothing goes exactly the way it was planned. The kind of day when staying in bed seems to be an option that should have been taken the first thing in the morning. The kind of day when the only words spoken to you, or at you, are words of criticism and sarcasm. The kind of day some of us have far too often. That was the kind of day Jesus was having.

The picture of that day is painted for us by Matthew in the opening verses of the 11th chapter. It started when Jesus received a group of disciples from the camp of John the Baptist. John was now securely locked away in a prison cell, but from that dark imprisonment, he had sent these followers with a question. “Are you really the one?” This question was not what Jesus wanted to he…