prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Mark, ch.1

During this season of hopeful expectation, it’s helpful to know what the Bible says we’re waiting for — and we get a very good clue this week as we’re reintroduced to John the Baptist, who has come to “prepare the way of the Lord.”

The clue, of course, has to do with answering the question — both then as now — who is your ‘Lord’? Is it the ‘Messiah,’ the promised liberator king who has come among us to deliver us from sin — both personal and systemic — or is it some ‘lord’ of this world?