Be Who God Created You To Be
Devotional Reading: In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea. Matthew 3:1KJV
These Scriptures record the ministry of John the Baptist. He spent thirty years in the deserts of Judaea preparing for this ministry. Then it only lasted about six months before He baptized Jesus and men started following Him. Nevertheless, in those brief six months John turned an entire nation to God.
John did not take the normal approach and go where the people were. He was out in the wilderness and the people came to him. He had no advertisements other than the testimonies of those who had heard him. He wasn’t a flashy evangelist wearing the latest styles of the day. He didn’t do anything the way the religious leaders taught it was supposed to be done in their seminaries; yet it worked. In a few months, he stirred an entire nation to anticipate the coming of Jesus.
God accomplished this amazing feat through a man who was not “normal.” Too often our “herd instinct” keeps many of us from being used by God. We are so afraid of what someone else will think about us if we do what He tells us to do and live by His Spirit and Word. We try to be like everyone else, and then we wonder why we are getting the same results as everyone else. That’s not smart!
John was completely yielded to the Holy Spirit, and he succeeded against all the odds. Dare to follow the Holy Spirit, even if it means going against the crowd, and you will get supernatural results too.
Prayer and Confession
Thank you Jesus for giving me a purpose, I choose to follow your leadings and not to follow the opinions of the Crowd. Amen!
Further Reading: Mark 1:1-8, Galatians 1:6-8
Reading through the Epistles: Galatians 1-2, James 1
