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Feb 10, 2019, 12:27:22 AM2/10/19

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All I Can See

Bible in a Year: Exodus 34–35; Matthew 22:23–46

He must become greater; I must become less. John 3:30

Krista stood in the freezing cold on a winter day, looking at the beautiful snow-encased lighthouse along the lake. As she pulled out her phone to take pictures, her glasses fogged over. She couldn’t see a thing so she decided to point her camera toward the lighthouse and snapped three pictures at different angles. Looking at them later, she realized the camera had been set to take “selfies.” She laughed as she said, “My focus was me, me, and me. All I saw was me.” Krista’s photos got me thinking of a similar mistake: We can become so self-focused we lose sight of the bigger picture of God’s plan.

Jesus’s cousin John clearly knew his focus wasn’t himself. Right from the start he recognized that his position or calling was to point others to Jesus, the Son of God. “Look, the Lamb of God!” he said when he saw Jesus coming toward him and his followers (John 1:29). He continued, “The reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed” (v. 31). When John’s disciples later reported that Jesus was gaining followers, John said, “You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.’ . . . He must become greater; I must become less” (3:28–30).

May the central focus of our lives be Jesus and loving Him with our whole heart.

Today's Reflection How can I love Jesus best? Who might He want me to love?

看到什么？

祂必兴旺，我必衰微。-约翰福音3章30节

在一个天寒地冻的冬日，丽德站在湖边，眺望远处被白雪覆盖的美丽灯塔。当她掏出手机要拍照的时候，眼镜起了雾而朦胧一片，因为看不清楚，她便把手机的镜头对准灯塔，从不同的角度拍了三张照片。过后，她看了所拍的照片，才发现她先前把相机设定在“自拍”模式，结果拍了三张自己的照片。她笑着说：“我的焦点都是我、我、我，我看到的都是自己。”丽德的照片让我想到相似的错误：我们若只看到自己，也可能会以自我为中心，以至看不到上帝更大的计划。

耶稣的表哥施洗约翰清楚知道，他的焦点不是自己。从一开始，他就了解自己的角色与呼召，乃是要让人看见上帝的儿子耶稣。当施洗约翰和门徒在一处，看到耶稣朝着他们走来时，约翰就说：“看哪，上帝的羔羊”（约翰福音1章29节）。他接着说：“如今我来用水施洗，为要叫祂显明给以色列人”（31节）。后来约翰的门徒告诉约翰说，有许多人开始跟随耶稣，约翰便回答说：“我曾说‘我不是基督，是奉差遣在祂前面的’，你们自己可以给我作见证。……祂必兴旺，我必衰微。”（3章28-30节）

愿我们都以耶稣为焦点，尽心尽意地爱祂。

主啊，我经常以自己和自己的欲望需求为中心。
求祢帮助我不看自己，只定睛仰望祢。