John 3

Joh 3:27 John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. 28 "You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before Him.' 29 "He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.

When John’s disciples said to John that people are all coming to Jesus, who was baptized by you, John was not angry or any jealous of Jesus. For he knew his own duty, which is to make straight the way of the Lord and to bear witness of light. He also knew that no matter how great achievement he has, if it is not the will of God, he could not reach. If it is not given by God, he could not have such capabilities.

2Co 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

Human being is weak. When time changes, standing in high position, human is easy to fall into temptation of pride and greed and forget his original heart. John’s disciples saw the act in the world, that’s why they complained when crowd were coming to Jesus. John but saw the act in the heaven. Although he was sent before Jesus, but he knew Jesus is the main actor. He, as a supporting actor, did his job to support the main actor to develop the act of the heaven.

We should be like John, who can leave from the pride and remember our duty, even though we do good acts of the God’s work. We are just the vessels of God, the humble servants of God. Magnifying the Lord is our duty of all.

Luk 17:10 "So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, 'We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.'"