Increasing and Decreasing

 

He must increase,

but I must decrease.

            John 3. 30

(This is the point when Jesus

   becomes more than our Savior.

           He becomes our Lord.

What do I desire in this situation--

    His glory or mine,

    His way or mine,

    His purposes or mine,

to know Him more

    and make Him known?

It is not a matter of being

        under His Lordship,

   but invited into it.

Selflessness creeps in

and infiltrates our choices,

demeanor,

words, deeds, responses,

        and attitudes.)

O LORD,

Please help us not just be aware,

      but pay attention

      and to learn how to respond

     to Your increasing presence 

                                 in our lives.

Empower us to make

     those little choices to follow You,

that never turn out

          to be little at all.

May we be a witness today

   to everyone around us

that they wonder what is different in us.

      And that would be You.