This
chapter described Jesus’s baptism by John the Baptist. Here John said about
Jesus, “But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I
am not fit to carry.” (v. 11) I see Jesus’s humility for asking John to baptize
Him. Pride is the hardest lesson that all of us need to learn, even in the
circle of Christianity. I often ask the Lord to grant me a teachable spirit,
live intentionally to learn something new. Be with technical stuff or spiritual
lesson. Jesus really did not have to ask John to baptize Him, He set this great
example for us to follow. The best was after he rose from the water, the heaven was opened and he saw the Spirit
of God descending like a dove and lighting on Him. And a voice from heaven
said, “This is my Son, whom I love: with Him I am well pleased”. (v. 16-17)
Take the
first step of humility, then came the public praise from our Heavenly father. If
we don’t take the first step, we won’t see what is to come.
Oh,
Heavenly Father, teach us the lesson of humility, it is the hardest lesson in
our life, never ending, but only one step at a time to the higher ground. Amen
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