John the Baptist heralds the coming of the Messiah, and understands the
majesty and power of Jesus more than anyone. After John tells everyone that
someone greater than himself is coming, who should show up but Jesus?
John baptized with water for repentance, and undoubtedly saved countless
people from death, so why should the Son of Man, who can walk on water
and has nothing to repent, be baptized by water by someone lesser than

himself? In this drawing, I wanted to convey the chaos of our sinful lives,
and how John was working hard to save us from the storm and point us to
Christ. And yet, Jesus approaches on dry ground. The water and storm has
no power over him and cannot touch him, but he chooses to take the same
path as us and enter the boat. On John’s face is written in Greek, “I need to
be baptized by you, and you come to me?” Imagine John, having just said
that he isn’t even worthy to hold Jesus’ sandals, now being asked to help the
God of the Universe fulfill all righteousness.