Disillusioned
John the Baptist was someone who had the most reason to believe that Jesus was the Messiah. Therefore it is shocking that he asks him the question: “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?” What had changed? What had happened to John and in John that he would have such doubt?
See. Stand. Trust.
How do we as Christians respond to desperate circumstances in life when we see no way out, when we see no hope this side of heaven? We need to first see, then stand, and finally trust.