“I Must Become Less and Less”
(Read Luke 1:56-67(NIV) for the Birth of John the Baptist)
John said, “He must become greater and greater, I must become less and less."
John 3:30 (NLT)
Pastor’s Thoughts
When I was born I was the most important person in the universe, to my parents at least. I whined, and they fed me. I controled my universe.
But life has gone the other way ever since. I had to learn to do things I didn’t want to do. I had to discover that my parents had other things in their lives besides me. I had to learn that my college was willing to somehow survive without me if I didn’t shape up. When I left my first career, amazingly it somehow flourished without me. And now, as I age, I get first hand experience at seeing my expendability up close and personal. Nursing homes are full of people who once felt crucial to someone, and now feel crucial to nothing.
I think it’s part of God’s training. We start in a fetal position and end up in one.
John the baptizer “got it”. It’s not about becoming less and less so much as it is about Jesus becoming greater and greater.
That’s the real task, not just to humble myself more and more (God will do that to you if you won’t), but to elevate Jesus more and more.
Will you do that today somehow in some way?
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