Is It Okay to Question Jesus ❓ | Matthew 11 Devotional (7-Step QT)
7-Step QT Notes
1. 🙏 Quiet Time
Pause. Take a slow, deep breath. Ask Jesus to open your ears today—to hear His voice even in the parts of life that feel confusing or disappointing.
2. 📅 February 7, 2026
Today’s passage reminds us:
Faith includes honest questions—and Jesus meets us in them, not with shame but with clarity and grace.
3. ✝️ Matthew 11:1-19
After instructing his disciples, Jesus went on to teach and preach, while John, from prison, sent his disciples to ask whether Jesus was the One to come. Jesus pointed to the miracles and the preaching of good news as evidence and affirmed John as the greatest among those born of women. Yet the generation rejected both John and Jesus, responding to neither asceticism nor grace, like children who refuse to participate in any tune.
4. 📖 Key Verse
”He who has ears to hear, let him hear” (v. 15).
5. 📝 Reflection
John the Baptist was born into a priestly family as an answer to prayer. He was filled with the Holy Spirit from his mother’s womb and lived a consecrated life, abstaining from wine and strong drink. With the spirit and power of Elijah, he went before the Lord to prepare a people ready for Him. He was even granted the honor of baptizing Jesus with water as Jesus began His ministry. John lived a truly humble and devout life.
Yet trials and persecution came to him. Because his righteous rebuke angered a powerful ruler, John was thrown into prison. While those who believed in the Messiah were receiving the blessings of the Spirit, John himself could not minister and was instead awaiting death in a prison cell. Even a man who ministered with the spirit and power of Elijah struggled to understand such circumstances. So he sent his disciples to ask, “Are You the One who is to come, or should we expect someone else?” (v. 3)
Jesus responded by showing undeniable evidence that addressed John’s concerns (vv. 4–6). He then spoke at length to the people about who John truly was and commended him. In other words, John’s life and calling had not been in vain.
Dear brothers and sisters, the world we live in is often beyond our understanding. Even when we worship, pray, and cling to God’s Word, there are still things we cannot comprehend. Yet the important truth is this: God’s will continues to be fulfilled nevertheless. And when necessary, just as Jesus did for John, He will show us and speak to us in ways that help us understand.
Therefore, I pray that you will always rejoice, pray without ceasing, and give thanks in all circumstances.
6. 💬 What does this passage speak to you today?
- Where do I feel like John—faithful but confused about what God is doing?
- What evidence of Jesus’ work can I recognize in my life right now, even if it feels small?
- What’s one step of trust I can take today in the middle of uncertainty?
7. 🙏 Prayer
Jesus, thank You for welcoming my questions. Help me see what You are doing even when I don’t understand. Give me ears to hear, a heart that listens, and faith that follows You in every season. May my life reflect Your grace today. Amen.
Scriptures
📖 1 When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities. 2 Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples 3 and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” 4 And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: 5 the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. 6 And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.” 7 As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? 8 What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses. 9 What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 10 This is he of whom it is written,
“ ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
11 Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force. 13 For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John, 14 and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come. 15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear. 16 “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,
17 “ ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.” (Matthew 11:1-19, ESV).
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