In John 3:30, John the Baptist makes this statement,
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Sometimes we take this to mean that our personalities are of no use to God. I would encourage you to think differently about this passage.
John was a bit of an unusual guy – hanging out in the desert, wearing camel hair and eating off the land. My guess is that none of that changed as Jesus “increased” in his life.
So what did change? How can we measure our lives by his bold declaration?
John had a specific job he was to do for Jesus – announce his arrival! All of John’s life was to point people to Jesus as the awaited Messiah. He was not perfect. He was not the Messiah. He was the one to publicly announce Jesus’ arrival and ministry.
Jesus left me with a job as well – “make disciples”.
My personality, my hobbies, my likes and dislikes all need to fall under the rule of the Messiah! In doing so, I will decrease in how I see and promote myself while discovering something better than personal “likes and dislikes” on which to build my life.
How can Jesus increase in my life today? Am I willing to allow Him to use me to direct others to Him? Or am I too wrapped up in my own “likes and dislikes” to even consider what Jesus thinks about my life?
Everyone has a way they “measure” their life. How will you measure yours?
