"Move" John 3:22-36

Have you ever been riding up a crowded escalator and the person in front of you stops as if there is no one behind them. When we had season tickets to the Cavs a couple years ago I had to ride the escalator up to the second level. It never failed. With people on every step on the way up someone would stop right at the top with 200 people getting ready to be pushed right up their back. Eventually you would hear several people saying "Move!" (I was always one of them.)

The person would turn around, look at everyone as if to say, "What's your problem?"

John the Baptist did not have to be told to "move." He knew exactly who was behind him. He knew that the time had come for him to "move" out of the way so people could see Jesus.

He said this, "He (Jesus) must become greater; I must become less" (John 3:30).

We need to "move" out of the way and have the same attitude as JB. We need to "move" so Jesus can become greater and we take a lesser place. As followers of Jesus if we do not move out of the way people may never see and know Jesus.

We need to stop putting our own desires first and learn to seek first the kingdom of God. It becomes less about style and preference. It becomes all about Jesus. His desires become our desires and we live out our faith authentically.

Have you been getting in the way of people seeing Jesus? Are you standing in the way of people who are trying to move toward Jesus? If you answer yes to these questions then let me say something to you: MOOOOOVE!