LESS IS MORE
October 30, 2018
Prayer: Lord, help us decrease and may you increase in us in our professional lives.
Scripture: “He must become greater; I must become less.” John 3:30 NIV
There are numerous Biblical examples of doing less resulting in deliverance or victory. The Old Testament warrior leader Joshua could have stormed Jericho’s walls and put up siege ramps to topple the enemy, but God said, “No.” God said, “Less is more.” God told him to march around the city, blow some trumpets and shout. Wow! It worked! The walls fell down.
Gideon, the least of his family, was called by God to be a military leader and to save his nation from foreign invasion. He gathered over 20,000 troops to fight with him but God said, “No.” God said, “Send all but 300 of them home. Surround your enemy with torches and trumpets and watch what I will do.” Wow! It worked.
Peter tried to protect Jesus by using the power of his sword against the enemy and cut off a soldier’s ear. Jesus said, “No. Less is more.” He told Peter to put up his sword and then healed the man’s bleeding ear.
A family gave up their picnic lunch one day. They chose less and, as a result, Jesus fed them and over 5,000 people.
John the Baptist once said, “He (Jesus) must become greater; I must become less.” In order to survive and thrive in education today, this is what we must do. God cries out for obedience to Him in His schools. He cries out, “Seek me first and I will add all things unto you, such as high academic achievement.” He also says, “Don’t believe that just by doing more you are going to get more. Stop serving more. I will give you the courage it takes to do less. Obey me and watch what I will do.”
In prayer ask Him how you are to decrease and how He is to increase in your professional life.
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