Progressive yet Unchanging

While the Christian walk is progressive, it is also unchanging. This seems to contradict itself. I was reading in Matthew and saw the time John the Baptist was in prison. He was about to lose his head for taking a strong moral stand. He had heard of the miracles Jesus was doing and wanted some of his disciples to make sure Jesus really was the Christ. John, who had seen the miracles firsthand, who had seen the Holy Spirit descend upon Jesus like a dove, and who himself claimed Jesus to be the "Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world", now questioned Jesus. Jesus did not scold him or degrade him. He simply said this to John's disciples, "Go and show John again those things which you do hear and see: the blind recieve their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached unto them". Many times, we make the Christian walk so "progressive" that we create guilt in those who try and don't see progress. Jesus encourages us here to remember that which we already know. Worship again in that which caused you to worship in the good times. He could tell us to kill ourselves seeking newer and greater things, but instead He just says, "relax and remember". Praise God