Whatcha Looking For

In 1987, the Irish band U2 released their hit song “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.”

I remember a friend of mine saying she would NEVER marry a guy who was shorter than her.

Guess what? She did…

And her husband is the perfect man for her.

Somewhere along the way, she had to let go of a certain picture of what she was looking for.

She had to decide what was really important—and what wasn’t so important.

John the Baptist sent a couple of his disciples to ask Jesus a question…

“Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?” (Luke 7.19 NLT)

John and his disciples weren’t sure about Jesus yet.

He didn’t perfectly match the picture they had in their minds of the coming Messiah.

I think the question is funny: “Are you the one we’ve been expecting or should we keep looking?”

It’s kind of like saying, “Are you going to meet my expectations? If not, I can keep searching…”

People do this all the time.

Are you going to meet my ________ expectations or should I keep looking? (friendship / romance / church / etc.)

I guess that’s why U2’s song was so popular. It struck a chord. We can relate.

We’re searching, looking…

But maybe what we’ve been looking for was there the whole time.

Maybe our expectations have blinded us.

John the Baptist and his disciples found what they were looking for.

Yes, the packaging was unexpected—I’m sure Jesus didn’t match all their expectations for the coming Messiah.

Yet Jesus was who they were looking for.

How about you—whatcha looking for?