"John answered and said, "A man can receive
nothing unless it has been given to him from
heaven. You yourselves bear me witness, that
I said, "I am not the Christ," but, "I have
been sent before Him." He who has the bride
is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bride
groom, who stands and hears him, rejoices
greatly because of the bridegroom's voice.
Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled. He
must increase, but I must decrease" John 3:27-30
As a true disciple you are to be a friend, an
encourager, not the key-stone in someone's life.
One of the greatest lessons we must learn is to
recognize the authority of Jesus in our lives. We
all tend to be guilty of being a "Mr. or Miss.
Fix-it." We jump in when we see this or that not
going the way we think it should and our sympathy
gets in the way of God's hand. We, in fact, become
amateur providences. We tend to react instead of
respond to the correct leading of the Spirit.
Truly it is a wonderful experience to witness the
seeds that you have sown begin to sprout and grow,
but when you become a necessity to that soul, you
are out of God's order. Once you see a soul begin
to reach out to the claims of Christ, you know that
your influence has been in the right direction.
Allow God to work out those chaotic struggles
and the agony that many times precedes the
death to self.
Pray fervently that those struggles will increase
many times stronger until there is no power on
earth or in hell that can hold that soul away
from Jesus Christ. Beware that you do not rejoice
with a soul at the wrong time, but rejoice openly
when the time is right. Joy is yours when the time
is complete. Jesus will increase while you will
decrease. Hallelujah, Amen and Amen.
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