John 3:22-30

John 3:22-30 
English Standard Version (ESV)

 Many kids have grand plans to save the world in one small way or another.  I think it's wonderful, because the world needs their idealism and energy.  I hope that many of them keep it -- it's easy to get distracted by things that arise along the way, and when you look back, you realize that you ended up in a very different place than what you might have imagined.  Not that this is always bad -- but the mission and purpose drifts and evolves, sometimes for the better, sometimes not.  (I could write my autobiography next, but maybe I just did...)  What's great about Scripture is that the mission never changes -- it's always about God reaching out to include his beloved creations in the everlasting Kingdom.
  One of the things I love about John is that he never loses his focus.  From the time he started his ministry, it was all about proclaiming Jesus.  In today's reading, John's disciples expect him to be concerned that people are going to Jesus rather than John, but John remembers that it's not about him -- it's about the one whom John is pointing to.  John doesn't get concerned about dwindling numbers at his meetings, because those numbers are joining Jesus, and that was the goal all along.  John didn't allow his personality to take over his purpose -- he stayed focused on the goal, and that was proclaiming the name of Jesus.
  So what's your purpose?  What's your goal?  How have you drifted from it?  And what kind of prayer would you pray to ask Jesus to clarify your heart and redirect your purpose?