He must become greater; I must become less

John 3:30 says "He must become greater; I must become less" This passage of scripture was taught in my Bible Study Fellowship (check it out for a class near you http://www.bsfinternational.org/) class lesson on Monday and it was in my spirit when I got to work this morning.  I decided to blog my thoughts about it because I am in a santification phase of my life.  This 6 month phase I will talk about in another blog, but all in all I am taking time out to get to know God deeply and work on me.  After all no man can better love, protect, provide, and care for me greater than Christ. 


In some translations of this verse it says "He must increase, but I must decrease" It reminds me of how humble and bold John was for Christ.  Am I that humble before the Lord? Do I constantly meditate on his word everyday all day? Do I earnestly seek him out? Do I make him priority over everything else?  Is he increasing in my life? Am I that bold for Christ? Am I as bold as John in witnessing to others about Christ?

These questions can be answered in various ways and have long winded answers, but are we letting our ministry for Christ become greater than our own desires?  I can answer that simply. NO! I am sure we all could do better.  However, I know that I want him to increase in my life and my own agenda to decrease.  This is a reason I believe he sent me to Texas. 

Quick story:
When I started my job I didn't really like what I was doing.  My mother being the strong woman of God she is and knowing how to motivate me she sent me a story on John when he was exiled in Patmos writing the book of Revelation.

These are her words "God has a way of allowing us to have a "Patmos Experience". The Apostle John was exiled to Patmos because of his stand for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. God sometimes takes us along this journey to focus totally on HIM. Use this time to develop more of a personal relationship with HIM, reading, studying, meditating, worshiping and praying."

So, its kind of ironic that we ended up studying the book of John in BSF, but I do believe that I am on my "Patmos Experience" like John.  Like John I need to make Christ GREATER and I become less! Like John I need to be bold in my discipliship for God.  Like John I am on my journey, writing, and developing a closer walk with God.

I challenge each of us to let God take the wheel and let us take a back seat but not become back seat drivers.

One thing that I have done recently is write out all of things that I know I need to work on and look up in a Concordance and find all of the passages of scriptures that relate to the topic. I.E. FEAR, HURT, ANGER, LONLINESS, SELFISHNESS, ETC..  Write the scriptures out and begin to memorize the passages.  This is letting God know that you are able and willing to increase him in your life.

Keep the Faith!

Until next time,
~E