Have you ever heard the story about the kid who went into
his backyard with a baseball bat and ball?
He would proclaim with pride, “I am the greatest hitter in the world.” Then the ball would be tossed in the air and
he would swing the bat with all his might and…strike one. He again bellowed, “I am the greatest hitter
in the world!” The ball would again be tossed up and with his tongue showing
slightly through his teeth he would swing that bat…strike two. “I am the GREATEST hitter in the world!” This time he was sure he would hit that
ball. He tossed it up and gave his very
best try to hit it…strike three. As he
stood there holding the ball and bat he proclaimed, “I am the greatest pitcher
in the world.”
If you are like me, you probably have wanted to be the
greatest at something. Sports, art,
music, writing, parenting and dare I say, even Christian. In our lesson this week we have John the
Baptist who did not want to be
thought of as the greatest. In fact he
went to great lengths to make sure people knew he was not the greatest.
John was a very popular fella in his day and people were coming
to him from all over the countryside to listen to him. He was so popular that some started believing
that he was the Savior that had been promised or at least maybe he was a
prophet like Elijah. He assured the
people that he was neither the Savior nor one of the prophets. He was just a man who was there to tell them
about the one who was coming that was the greatest.
Most of us will probably never be the greatest, but we can,
like John tell others about the One who is the Greatest. Today you are invited to tell others about
Jesus. I can’t think of anything greater
to do.
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