“He must increase, but I must decrease.” –John 3:30

            When you think about the world today what is everyone’s main goal? That would depend on which age group you are looking at right? If you are looking at the younger generation, they tend to want as many followers on Instagram or Twitter. When you look at the middle generation it is all about climbing the corporate ladder. How can they take that next step in their job or company to get a pay raise or gain a title. Then when you get to retirement and old age it is all about leaving a legacy that you can be remembered by. What do all of these things have in common? They are all about “me”. They are all focused on increasing our visibility or influence on the people around us. They are all about seeing where we can benefit the most and become the most popular. But was that the mission of Jesus? Was He all about going from town to town tooting His own horn and showing people the crazy awesome things He could do?

            No! Jesus was about the mission of showing His Father’s love to all of those around Him. He wasn’t worried about others seeing how great He was or how many followers He had. In fact, He would go to places that others wouldn’t, and visit people who others thought were disgusting or horrible. He would eat meals with those who were the least liked and the most ignored. He wasn’t worried about what His influence was because He knew that He had come with a purpose: To show the world God’s redemption story. He was decreasing to show His Father’s increase.

QOTD: How can you decrease today to show your Heavenly Father’s redemption story to the world?

“You cannot communicate complicated information to large groups of people. As you increase the number of people, you have to decrease the complexity of the information.” –Andy Stanley