You are not the Messiah. That might sound obvious, but we sometimes act and think as though we really believed we were. John the Baptist could easily have aspired to be more than what he was. The people were ready to receive him as their Messiah, that is, as their anointed ruler. But John was quick to acknowledge his place and he saw his place as one of great honour. He was called to ‘prepare the way for the Lord’. We are likewise called to prepare the way for God, not to be God ourselves. We are the body not the head. Jesus is our head. He is the one who sets the agenda for our lives and the lives of all who believe in him. Our job is not to take control of situations as though we were Christ, but to prepare the way for Christ to become the head of every situation. You are not your own, you belong to him. The church does not belong to you, it belongs to him. This is what I mean by acknowledging him as the head. It is a position that we are prone to want to step into. Be careful lest you find yourself on Christ’s throne. He is the Lord. You have the honour of preparing a way for him in this world. Be prepared to become less so that he may increase in every situation (John 3:30).
Acknowledge Jesus as the Lord of your life.
Read John 1:19-28
