The Point of Faith is to Believe God

Matthew 11:14 KJV

And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.

Jesus gives a piece of truth that the listener was likely to reject; that John the Baptist:

• The same man who had pointed Christ out as the Lamb of God
• The same man who had baptized so many in the Jordan
• The same man who had stood up to the king
• The same man who was at this time imprisoned because if it, indeed
• The same man who would soon be beheaded

This same man was the fulfillment of the prophecy of Malachi.

• The Pharisees commonly believed that Elijah would be resurrected to preach to them
• The Sadducees did not believe the Scripture would be fulfilled in any real way

At any rate, John the Baptist just did not fit into their scheme of what a God should do. 

We often reject what is the truth of God's Word because we gave already decided what should be the plan of God.

• Sometimes we want God to do something more literal, more dramatic, more obvious than He chooses to do
• Sometimes we find God's promise difficult to receive exactly because it is so dramatic, obvious and literal

The point of faith is to believe God.

• If He chooses to work through "moving in the tops of the mulberry trees" or a whirlwind; either is His choice
• If He calls us to advance, risking all or if He leads us to set camp and wait on Him, either is His choice

Our place is to listen and trust and receive what He says.