He
Must Become
Greater
And Greater,
And
I Must Become Less And Less
Scripture
John
3
30
He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.
Observation
As
you probably already know John the Baptist and Jesus were second
cousins. We don't know how much time, if any, they spent together
growing up.
There
is a lot that we don't know, but this much we do know, we know that
John the Baptist recognized that his cousin was no ordinary cousin.
John
the Baptist recognized that his cousin was the Lamb of God, the
Messiah, the One that God had sent from Heaven to take away our sins!
Here
is one of many lessons that I see in John chapter three:
If
Eddy wants to be great in the Kingdom of God then Eddy has got to put
Jesus first, “He must become greater and greater, and I must become
less and less.”
Don't
you know that it was hard on John the Baptist's ego when all of the
crowds that had been following him began to leave him and follow his
cousin Jesus!
And
yet, John dealt with this rise in popularity of his cousin with
humility.
Another
lesson that can be gleaned from the life of John the Baptist is this:
As a leader, I must be thick skinned, I can let every little thing
hurt my feelings. I can't go around wearing my feelings on my shirt
sleeves, and my friend, neither can you.
John
the Baptist was tough. He was rugged. He was a man that ate locusts
and wild honey and wore clothes made of coarse camel hair. He was
tough skinned, rugged, and yet he was humble!
My
task and your task if we are followers of Jesus Christ, I think, is
three-fold:
- Tell people about Jesus.
- Help our church grow.
- Don't worry about who gets the credit.
Matthew
18:4
So
anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is
the greatest in the
Kingdom of Heaven.
Mark
9:35
He
sat down, called the twelve disciples over to him, and said, “Whoever
wants to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone
else.”
Application
I
will tell people about Jesus. I will help our church to grow. I will
not worry about who gets the credit. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, help me to live my life in such a godly way that others can
imitate it. Help me to be like Jesus.
I
pray for our leadership. Help each one of them to be successful. Help
each of them to live godly lives, lives that we can follow and
imitate. I pray for our pastors. Protect them Lord. I know Satan
would love to destroy them. Help them to stay in Your Word and help
them to stay close to You. I pray for their families. I know that
Satan will attack their families to try to hurt them and to try bring
them down.
Daily
Bible Reading: Isaiah 65,66; Psalms 62; John 3
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