John 3:30 “He must increase, but I must decrease.”
Our verse comes from the lips of John the Baptist. John the Baptist is the forerunner to Jesus. John the Baptist was the voice in the wilderness and was assigned the task of preparing God’s people for the soon coming of the Messiah and then announcing the arrival of the Messiah. In preparing people for the coming of the Messiah John himself began to have a following as well as having disciples. Yet John never forgot what His purpose was, and when his disciples started wondering about who Jesus was and what Jesus was doing (and why Jesus was becoming more popular), John made it clear that he was not the bridegroom but rather the friend of the bridegroom.
For John the Baptist, it was making it more about Jesus and less about himself! What an example for us to follow.
Let us make much of Jesus while being less of ourselves.
Continue Strong this March Remembering our Savior,
And remember to DATE the Word