Feb 15 - It's Not About Me

John 1:29-30

“The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ “

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I find it to be the oddest thing that even when we are serving God with the purest of intentions, the sin of pride can creep into our hearts.  It’s not too far from the well-meaning freshman congressman with a passion for public service who goes to Washington D.C. Over time, he is corrupted by the sycophantic legion who continually feed his ego until it overtakes and destroys the good intent of his service. 

What I love about John in this part of the Gospel is that even though he has a huge group of followers at this point in his ministry, as soon as Jesus enters the scene, it all becomes about Him.  John does not hesitate for a moment to turn the focus where it should be; on Christ.  

Dearest Lord 

When You call us into action to further Your Kingdom, it is so easy for us to make ourselves the focus.   

When we seek our own glory and move the attention away from You, we limit the blessings others can have by fully experiencing a relationship with You. We can become filled with our own spirit instead of the Holy Spirit. 

We ask you to guide our hearts and our minds away from ourselves.  Help us to turn the focus from us and turn it to You.   Give us a humble strength to push aside the false and empty praises of this world.  

The glory is not ours Lord, it is Yours.  Thank you for Your loving call to us.  Make us an instrument of the Holy Spirit, worthy of the work to which you have called us. 

In Christ’s name we pray, 

Amen