John 3:27-30

"John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, "I am not the Christ," but, "I have been sent before Him." He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bride groom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease" John 3:27-30

As a true disciple you are to be a friend, an encourager, not the key-stone in someone's life. One of the greatest lessons we must learn is to recognize the authority of Jesus in our lives. We all tend to be guilty of being a "Mr. or Miss. Fix-it." We jump in when we see this or that not going the way we think it should and our sympathy gets in the way of God's hand. We, in fact, become amateur providences. We tend to react instead of respond to the correct leading of the Spirit.

Truly it is a wonderful experience to witness the seeds that you have sown begin to sprout and grow, but when you become a necessity to that soul, you are out of God's order. Once you see a soul begin to reach out to the claims of Christ, you know that your influence has been in the right direction. Allow God to work out those chaotic struggles and the agony that many times precedes the death to self.

Pray fervently that those struggles will increase many times stronger until there is no power on earth or in hell that can hold that soul away from Jesus Christ. Beware that you do not rejoice with a soul at the wrong time, but rejoice openly when the time is right. Joy is yours when the time is complete. Jesus will increase while you will decrease. Hallelujah, Amen and Amen.