Faith Like A Mustard Seed

He must become greater; I must become less.

This is a short verse yet it is packed with a lot of meat. God must become more, we must become less…God must increase, we must decrease…God takes center stage, while we sink into the background. What does this look like in our commonly self-centered world? What does it look like making more of God and less of ourselves? Perhaps it means that we explore what God wants for each of our lives….through his commands, his instruction, and his direction…and we put it above our own wants and desires. Perhaps it means when we want to react to another in anger and rage, we instead respond with tolerance and forgiveness. Then he becomes greater. Or maybe when we want to hoard our wealth for our own consumption, we instead give to the hungry, the sick, and the homeless. Then he becomes greater. When sleep sounds much better than rising on a Sunday morning, we deny ourselves and choose to spend the morning worshiping him, making the day about him, and not ourselves. Then he becomes greater. When achieving worldly success requires taking a dishonest path, we deny the lure of success in favor of his righteousness. Then he becomes greater. When selfish pride leads us down a path of strife and conflict with another, we deny ourselves, embrace humility, and allow God to work through us. Then he becomes greater. The list could go on and on…lending to the incredible depth of the short verse above. Bottom line, when we consider the Lord’s will in every situation in our lives…and we accept that will into our lives…we are becoming less and he is becoming more. Anytime the Lord is increasing in our lives, we stand to benefit immensely. Period…no question about it. May we embrace the opportunity to put the Lord in the spotlight in our lives while we fade into the shadows. To God be the glory!

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