He>I, get it?? He is greater than I! A friend of mine working with a church in Hawaii sent this to me a while back. So, where does this math come from? It can come from a few different spots in the Bible, but I think the clearest place in scripture we find this math is in John 3:30closeJohn 3:30 30 “He must increase, but I must decrease.” (ESV) when John the Baptist tells his disciples, “He must become greater; I must become less.” What powerful math!! Think about this for minute, here is one of the most important figures in all of scripture saying, “I have to become less!” He is saying that life is not about himself, but about Jesus!!
What if every Christian actually lived as if this life wasn’t about them, but about the kingdom? Right?? Isn’t this the way our lives as Christians should be lived? Now, don’t get me wrong this is much easier said than done, but what if, what if this year we decided to live out the math that scripture teaches us? What would this look like? Imagine with me for a moment, it would be a church body unified over something so great petty things would not be an issue, it would look like people loving others above themselves, it would look like people serving the needs of others, it would look like….dare I say it, the Kingdom of God here on earth! What if this become our personal and church theme for the year, that we would decrease, so that HE can INCREASE!! Just a thought, but what a powerful one it could be.
