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Now this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, 'I am not the Christ.'


They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?"


He said, "I am not."


"Are you the Prophet?"


He answered, "No."


Finally, they said, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"


John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the voice of one calling in the desert, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.'"


John 1:19-23


Lia pointed this out to me a couple weeks ago. She imagined what it must have been like for John to be learning Scripture and for God to lead him to this verse. To HIS verse.

Has God done that for you? Has he led you to a verse? Do you have YOUR verse? What is it? What does it mean for you? If not, spend some time right no, asking the Lord if he happens to have one in mind for you. See where he leads you.