CHECK YOUR ATTITUDE

John 3: 22 – 31


31 "The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all.

John was highly thought of even to the point of being considered quite a celebrity. He was given great accolades and even gathered a following of people that today we would call an entourage or even groupies. People came from all around to hear him, be near him, to learn from him, and to do what he said. It must have been highly intoxicating.
I can't imagine what it must have been like to be John, to be able to feel this adoration without getting a swelled head.
But, he was like a stand in. He knew his role and what was to be, much more than anybody else. Point of fact, he could probably be the star of the show, but he knew his place in the world, and who the star really was.

23 Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were constantly coming to be baptized.

Okay. If yo haven't guessed by now, I'm talking about John the Baptist.
(He could have been methodist I really don't know and the Bible doesn't say, he just went around baptizing) (I know. It was a bad joke, but I made it so lets move along)
He was definitely the star of the show for his time, yet he knew what his role was. He was put here to clear the way for the Messiah.

25 An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing.
26 They came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified about—well, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him."
27 To this John replied, "A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ but am sent ahead of him.’

The subject at hand is this. We have to be able to set aside our egos and check our attitudes. We may be the leader of some project at work or in charge of a ministry down at your church. Then the boss, or the Pastor comes to you, thanks you for your talents and leadership, but, he wants to put someone else in your place who can finish up the project better than you.

Would you be able to quell your ego, stay on the job, work as hard as you can, and follow the guy who replaced you as leader? Can you humble yourself to such a degree?

John did!