00:00By all measurements, John the Baptist was interesting. He spent his days in the wilderness
00:10near the Jordan River, preaching about the need for genuine repentance. He ate locusts
00:16and wild honey. He even wore a camel's hair tunic and secured it with a leather belt around
00:22his waist, evoking memories of the prophet Elijah. He baptized those who accepted his message and
00:30wanted to prepare for the coming kingdom of God as he plunged them beneath the cold waters of the
00:35Jordan. Words spread about this eccentric preacher out in the desert, and people from every walk of
00:42life ventured out to see him for themselves. Before long John had quite a following. He even
00:49had his disciples. John, however, didn't care about fame. He understood that God's calling on his life
00:56was to clear a path for someone greater, someone more important, someone, as John put it, whose
01:03sandals I am not worthy to carry. And so, when Jesus appeared publicly, John announced that he was
01:10the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. John understood something many of us miss
01:17even today. The kingdom is not about us but about Jesus. We must become less so that he becomes more.
01:25Today, work to memorize this verse, using it as a prayer to ask God to see your kingdom decrease
01:31as his increases in your heart.
