Helping God

Helping God
He must become greater; I must become less. – John the Baptizer
Taken from John 3:30 NIV

It is a simple thing, less of me and more of Him. And yet it continues to be an issue for me. It isn’t even a sense of arrogance as much as it is zeal. I want God to work more quickly, I want Him to use me for His purposes and I want Him to see how urgent the need is and how late the hour. And as serious as this is and as short as the time is, I think the Lord sort of chuckles at me and tells me with a smile in His voice, “I know, I know. But this depends on me, my son, my Spirit and my time, not yours.”

So I find myself having to ask for God’s forgiveness. I have wanted to “help” God along in His ministry instead of walking where He leads. There may be a necessity for my duty to increase, but not for me to increase. If I am really serving my purpose in God, it is as one who points the way to Christ. I have failed to do this when anger, impatience and self-recognition become paramount. It is time for me to decrease and time for God to increase. And when others see me, I pray that they merely see a sign that points to God the Father, to Christ His son and to His Holy Spirit. And if I do that with sincerity, God might call me a good and faithful servant.