30 He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less. — John 3:30 NLT
John’s disciples came to tell him about Jesus baptizing people and how everyone was going to Jesus and not coming to John. John explains to his disciples that this is how things should be. Using the wedding analogy, John explains to them how he is the friend of the bridegroom and Jesus is really the bridegroom. John also tells them that he is filled with joy at the success that Jesus is having in baptizing the people. John knows that Jesus must become greater and greater and that he, John, must become of lesser importance. All of us should pray that we see and understand God’s plan for us as clearly as John saw and understood God’s purpose for his life. John knew the importance of being where and doing exactly what God had planned for him. John had no desire to be anything less or anything more than what God had planned for him. How many ministries, large and small, have failed because their leaders decided they had become so important they no longer needed to be obedient to God’s plan? How many of us have failed because we reached the point that we thought we had a better plan than God or we thought we were no longer required to do things God’s way? How many of us have fallen because we thought we were above giving into temptations? Let us pray that God will keep us humble and that we do not succumb to the temptation to be God in our little corner of the world. Those of us who are thinking “that could never happen to me” are in the most danger. Pride is the main ingredient in the recipe for failure
“The Gospel has come to you because it’s on its way to someone else.” – Anonymous
Morning Meds (Take 1 each Morning with all the Prayer You Need) 