The way alone prepares the way for the Lord.
John the Baptist saw the truth and pointed to the Truth,
the cost of preparing the way was his own life.
He found the Way, Truth, and life.
A life-giving death and life of sacrifice was the way of Christ.
That was visible in his service mindedness which brought life in different ways to many.
John's life teaches us to what/whom or how to be obedient and faithful.
To serve did not mean servitude,
it was not pleasing the powerful, accepting vulnerability, and be submissive.
John has never been an adulator.
He served truth, stood firm, and died as a true testimony,
a voice crying out in the wilderness.
To speak truth, to be service minded, we need courage and humility at the same time. Both concerns the truth of lives and a capacity to be compassionate. That capacity is the sincere desire to be like Jesus, assisted by grace.
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