During my study of Samuel this morning , I think God has revealed a truth that may escort me through this new phase of parenting that I find myself in.
When Samuel died, there was no big event commemorating his life. Scripture just say "he died...he was buried". Some mourning is recorded, but for a man of God who loved his people all his life; who prayed for them, taught them, interceded for them, a simple "he died" seems, oh....so ordinary. But then the author of this study pointed me to
John 3: 22-36. Some of John the Baptist's disciples were questioning why people were now turning to Jesus for baptism instead of him. John's answer was simple and to the point: "He must become greater. I must become less."
That struck me since I just had a conversation with one of those 3 that I love, pray, teach and intercede for. In order for God to become to them what He is to me, I must decrease. There is a point where there can be no one standing between them and God. Not even me. Wow. And if you get to the bottom of my heart, my prayer for them is and has been that they would know God in the way that I know Him....with no one standing in the way.
I'm on it. Thanks, God, for your unending attention to the details.
