Matthew 11:1 says, And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.  I believe that we often think of the disciples as simply following along behind Jesus in every step that He took, but having just commissioned the disciples to go and preach, teach, heal and work miracles, Jesus departed from them.  Now, this could refer to the time after Jesus' death on the cross, or to disciples other than the twelve, but it seems to refer to this particular time and to the twelve.  Matthew Henry says that Jesus may have departed because the disciples would have been reluctant to leave Him.  We today, since we have the Holy Spirit indwelling us, do not have that problem, but we must still go out into the world to share the gospel.  Sometimes, it might seem easier to just sit alone communing with God, but just like the disciples, we have a commission to go and spread the gospel.  Even if they were temporarily physically separated from Jesus, He was still with them in spirit.  Verse two says, Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,  John the Baptist was in prison, but he heard of the works of Jesus and sent two of his disciples to check on what Jesus was doing.  When we hear of someone doing something great in the name of Jesus today, we might do well to make sure that they are truly doing so based on God's word and empowered by the Holy Spirit.  Verse three says, And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?  This is the ultimate question that everyone has to answer himself or herself today.  Is Jesus the Messiah, the promised Savior of mankind?  The only way to salvation is to answer yes.  The only way to salvation is to answer the question of Who Jesus is.  Verse four says, Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:  Like the disciples of John the Baptist, we need to tell those seeking Him what Jesus is doing in the world today through the work of the Holy Spirit working in the lives of those who follow Jesus.  Verse five states, The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.  We may not know of personal examples of some of these miracles, but we do hear of them and must give God the credit for them.  We should all know the reality of the last thing, and that is that the poor have the gospel preached to them.  The more that we live by faith, the more miraculous things we will see, but we should always proclaim the gospel to the world.  Verse six says, And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offened by me.  I believe that this means that we should always give Christ the credit for the good things that happen in life, instead of almost apologizing for believing that He is at work.  We can never be ashamed of following Christ.