Following after Jesus #13

As John spoke and baptized, calling people to repentance, many wondered if he was the one they had been waiting for, so he sought to make sure they knew he was not by describing what the ministry of the Messiah would be like. Matthew quotes him this way: 

11 “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

John the Baptist says: "there is almost no comparison. He will not only call you to repentance and confession, He will empower you to change. Messiah is so much more mighty. He is so much more holy - I am not worthy to even touch his stinky sandals, something the lowliest of servants would do. And Messiah is worthy to judge, to determine if He should put within you His Holy Spirit, or to allow you to be punished by fire. Messiah can do what no other can, see what no other can, judge as no other can.  When He shows up, I'll be stepping back and let Him take over.  Today, may we have such a high view of Christ, that we see Him as all powerful and holy, so we are willing to step back and do what He wants to do, living our lives and serving Him as if He is the center of the show, because He is.