Are We Offended Because of Jesus?

Mt 11:6--And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

John the Baptist was faithful in all that God had asked him to do. He ushered in the power ministry of Jesus. However, John wound up in prison for honoring God and His Word and eventually lost his life. He was in an unGodly and unrighteous situation and was obviously upset that Jesus didn't set things straight. In the natural, Jesus couldn't even set His own life straight. The same unGodly rulers took His life also. But, Jesus remained focused ONLY on the business that His Father had for Him to do. He realized that, as he trusted His Father, every situation would work together the very way that His Father planned it. That included His torture and His death which provided deliverance for the world.
Jesus sent a message to John that we all need to find a way to be at peace with. Blessed and happy are those who are not offended in Him. Bad things happen to good people and some bad things last longer than others. Just like the cross, is there some purpose that God has in mind for us to go through the ugly that we are forced to live with? If we look at the cross of Jesus Christ we have to say, 'Yes'. Jesus said that if we didn't take up our cross instead of trying to avoid it, we could not be His disciples. The term disciples indicates someone who learns. 
Under your cross today, there is something you need to learn, not something you should be offended by. Millions of people have received deliverance because of the unrighteous cross that Jesus suffered on and was not offended by. How many can we reach in the same manner?
Endure with grace today, Beloved.