“He must increase, but I must decrease.”
-JOHN 3:30
A
disciple of the Lord Jesus is someone who enters the narrow gate and
walks the narrow path until they come to the end of the narrow path and
are left with nothing but Christ. As
you can see, this is a very, very narrow way, which is why few find it,
and fewer still remain on it once they find it. Nothing of self can be
retained. All of self must be lost in order to gain Christ.
As
we walk the narrow way we are being changed from glory to glory. Today
we should reflect a little more of the glory of God than yesterday;
tomorrow we will reflect yet more than we did today. This is growth.
Growth is not more knowledge or
increase of years: it is simply more of Him and less of me. He increases
as I decrease. This is what it means to be a disciple.
Source: "Embrace the Cross" by Chip Brogden
http://www.chipbrogden.com/books/embrace-the-cross
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