John 3:30 Got to love the confidence of John the baptizer as he was told that Jesus was baptizing and all of his congregation was going to Jesus. John understood his purpose and vs. 29-30 in The Message declares that John said “That’s why my cup is running over. This is the assigned moment for him to move into the center, while I slip off to the sidelines.”

Do we get jealous when others succeed and we don’t seem to have the same measure of success? This passage convicted me of several things. First, there is something competitive in me that doesn’t allow me to celebrate victories in other people’s lives or ministries as easily as I would like. Secondly, Jesus needs to move to the center of whatever that is in me that creates those feelings of jealousy or competitiveness. I’m sure John being human struggled with these same things but his recognition of his own purpose and that of the Christ allowed him to surmount that.

Lord, help me to overcome in this area and celebrate the successes of those around me, even when I don’t seem to have that same measure of success in my own life. Allow me to understand my own purpose with such laser-like clarity and that Jesus would be the center of this area in my life.