A Living Testimony

Today's Reading:
AM - Psalm 40 and 54
PM - Psalm 51
Gospel - John 3:22-36

For reflection: What is your testimony about Jesus?

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John the Baptist was a man with a mission; to prepare the way for Jesus.

Even though Jesus said of John the Baptist," Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist...", he did not allow his greatness to get in his way of teaching and glorifying

Jesus. Can we have this same attitude about self' and about Jesus? Can we have the same testimony about Jesus as John the Baptist said in verse 30, "HE (JESUS) MUST BECOME GREATER; I MUST BECOME LESS."

I do not know about you but I sometimes have a problem allowing "self" to get in the way of serving Christ. That reminds me of an old song we use to sing "None of Self and All of Thee." The song starts out in verse one of all of self and none of thee, progressing as we mature to more and more of Jesus and less and less of self.

May we all attain that same testimony about Jesus as John the Baptist. May others see in our lives less and less of our self and more of the LOVE of Jesus. May we be a LIVING TESTIMONY of Jesus. Then we can say as John the Baptist in verses 29-30, "That JOY is mine and it is now complete. He(Jesus) must become greater; I must become less."

- Charles Dowdy