+DEV+ A Call in the Wilderness

Date: June 4, 2013 11:52 PM
Topic: +DEV+  A Call in the Wilderness

A Call in the Wilderness

"John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, 'I am the voice of one calling in the desert, Make straight the way of the LORD.'" (John 1:23)
Scripture Focus: John 1:19-27

John the Baptist announced the coming of Jesus. From the time he was in the womb he was separated to be a special voice to a nation needing the good news of the Gospel. His message was simple, yet urgent: Repent, believe in the coming Messiah, and make room in your life for His rule and reign.

John the Baptist is a picture of every believer. While we may not wear camel-hair suits or eat locust and honey sandwiches, we are heirs of salvation with the same calling. We, too, have a simple but urgent message to bring to the world.

First, we are called to use our voices to proclaim the Gospel in the wilderness of this dark and fallen world. Do we do so with the same passion and urgency? Second, John the Baptist ushered in the first coming of the Lord, and we are preparing the world for His next coming. Third, John the Baptist was a humble servant, recognizing he wasn't worthy to loosen the strap on Jesus' sandal! Can we say with the forerunner of Christ, "He must increase; I must decrease"?

Insight: The person that makes much of Jesus learns how to make little of himself.




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