BIBLE IN A YEAR: Num 7-10
CREATE THAT SPACE
MEMORIZE: "He must increase, but I must decrease" (John 3:30)
READ: John 3:28-31
In Exodus 33:12-13, Moses asked the Lord for three things. To know His ways, to know Him and to see His glory. Some people see miracles, signs and wonders but have no idea how they come about and why. When you advance higher, like Moses, your focus must be on heavenly things. Any mountain climber still pursuing worldly things, would rubbish his or her efforts. If your climb would be meaningful, it must be God-centered. In John 3:28-31, John the Baptist said his only goal was to win Christ’s friendship. That goal gave him a rise in greatness that he overtook Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who earlier held the record of patriarchal greatness. If you aim at becoming a friend of Jesus Christ as you climb today, He would hide nothing from you. He would stop addressing you as servant. You would be called a friend of God like Abraham.
“But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet show I unto you a more excellent way” (1 Corinthians 12:31). Being an ordinary Christian is not enough. Ordinary Christians lack the power of God that should differentiate believers from unbelievers. In any case, why stay ordinary when God can use you in the miraculous -to raise the dead, open blind eyes, unstop deaf ears, heal the sick, etc? Those who are presently being used by God do not have two heads. When you set your goal, ensure it is very high. To climb however, you must shed all weights. You cannot climb higher if loaded with weights. The higher your goal, the lighter you must become. Hence, John the Baptist saw the need to decrease so that the Lord could increase (John 3:30).
When I clocked 40, the Lord visited me and showed me two graphs -one looked like a valley while the other looked like a mountain: and He asked me to choose. I understood these mathematical graphs: so I chose the valley-like graph which meant that my present level was my lowest. From then onwards I would begin to rise. After my choice, the Lord said certain things would have to go. Until then, I was addressed as Rev. Dr. E.A. Adeboye, B.Sc, MSc, Ph.D. I clearly wrote everything so that no one would be in doubt that I attended a university. But that day, I gave up the Doctorate as well as ‘Reverend’. Some believers want Christ to increase in them, but they are not prepared to make space for that increase by decreasing. It is the space you provide that the Lord would fill. Create that space today!
ACTIONPOINT: Humility creates space in your heart for the King of Glory. Pride occupies every space leaving the King standing out in the cold. Which operates in you?
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