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Monday, March 28, 2011

The Best Man/The Maid of Honor

"He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. So this joy of mine has been made full."--John 3:29.  This statement is made by John the Baptist. The voice of one calling in the desert who was to make straight the paths of the Lord.

This passage is in the same section as Scripture where John makes the statement "He must increase but I must decrease" in John 3:30.  John uses the illustration of marriage here.  He refers to himself as the friend of the bridegroom. I am not 100% sure but the friend of the bridegroom may be equivalent to what we would call a best man.

The best man.  I was best man at my best friend's wedding almost two years ago now.  A best man rejoices with the groom and traditionally offers a toast and some words for the groom.  The best man or friend of the bridegroom needs to lift up the bridegroom.  This is what John does.  He follows this illustration up with the fact that Christ must increase and he must decrease.

So what does this mean to us? As Christians, we are the best man or if your a girl, you are the maid of honor. Our job is to lift up Christ and putting ourselves second.  Being Christ's best man or maid of honor is putting what He wants above our own interests and doing whatever we can to make sure His will is accomplished.

Going back to the story of my best friend's wedding. He asked me to be his best man two weeks before the wedding. Not the ideal amount of time to prepare but because he was my best friend I was going to do whatever I could to get there and share this joyous occasion.

So this is what being a Christian is all about. Doing whatever we can to make sure Christ's will is accomplished above our own. Sometimes this might mean staying up a little later at night with someone. It might mean getting up a little earlier in the morning just to make time to encourage someone who might need to hear some words from you that will make a world of difference. That is my encouragement for you this week. Get up earlier or stay up a little later and find a way to encourage someone who is struggling in their walk with God.

DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! PRAY ABOUT IT! LOVE Y'ALL! GOD BLESS!

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