Questions for a Quiet Christmas #4

We have seen that last couple of days that the prophet Isaiah raises, and answers, a lot of questions about the coming Messiah - both His first coming and the second.  The occurrences increase when we get to chapter 40:

Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
    and cry to her
that her warfare is ended,
    that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
    double for all her sins.
3 A voice cries:
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
    make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be lifted up,
    and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
    and the rough places a plain.
5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
    and all flesh shall see it together,
    for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

These words of course are applied in the Gospels to John the Baptist, the forerunner preparing the way in Israel for Christ to come - the one who brings both peace and forgiveness.  His task is like that of the road-maker - to set as straight a course as possible, as level as possible, and as smooth as possible for people to get to God, and God to get to people.  Here's a question for us to consider: What can I do to make the road smooth, straight and level to help people find their way to God? to be able to see Him on the horizon? With all the craziness we have seen this past year, one might think people in desperation would be searching diligently for truth, for God. Are we making the path clear?  What can we do so that the glory of the Lord shall be revealed?   What kind of comfort can we bring people? What kind of peace can they see in our hearts and lives? Do they see evidence of forgiveness in our lives - that we know that we are but forgiven sinners who also have learned to forgive? So many questions. Let's quietly consider them.