Reading
SAA Notes
John the Baptist honours his cousin Jesus as the bridegroom. What does this tell you about Jesus? Read carefully again verses 35 and 36. If this is true, what then?
SJA Notes
* God of true justice and mercy, thank You for Jesus, Your word become flesh.
“He must increase, but I must decrease.”
This is a statement that needs to be written deep across our hearts and minds, our practice and our way of thinking.
That Christ would be lifted up, that we would be made low.
That God would be promoted as we are demoted.
And this is not weakness.
This requires great wrestling with our pride and selfishness, our desires and dreams.
Meekness, not weakness, is the order!
* God Above,
Please sink us in self that You might be raised up.
Please help us to point to Jesus, never to ourselves.
Please increase Jesus in us, and decrease our selfishness, our pride, our broken wills.
So that the glory and honour would rest with You, so that Your Name would be praised.
Amen.