Mathew chapter 3 continues…….

Mathew chapter 3 continues…….
What was one major short coming in King Herod? It was the inability to understand and accept facts and persons in their full magnitudes. That can be seen very clearly in chapter 2, he couldn't accept Christ as a king and he failed to understand who Christ was, a major handicap he suffered with. This can be seen everywhere, we will never accept the right one or the right phenomenon. Instead we will try to project ourselves as the great, for that we will devise all strategies and if it is not enough we will borrow some, this is Herod-psychology. But, John could understand and identify Jesus without the help of any priest’s or expert’s quoting of scriptures or introduction, like in the case of Herod. He accepted the greatness of the one who stood before him. The real greatness of man lies in his ability to see and accept the greatness of others in his life. What did John say about Jesus? “I baptise 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 baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”What was his reaction when he met with Jesus? “I need to be baptised by you, and do you come to me?” This greatness can be seen in Jesus also by his humble answer, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Means, being humble fulfills all righteousness. We can see this approach in his washing disciples’ feet.
If we cannot see any greatness in anyone, the trouble is not their. We have to check whether anything good lies in us or not. Good for nothing stuffs never see good anywhere. A great heart sees at least one good thing in every where and in everyone. Let us check the profession of a sculpturer who makes beautiful statues out of marble, granite and wood. What ever the size or quality of the raw material he gets in his hand it doesn't matter, he would make beautiful creations from them. So once he was asked that what was that secrete of such creativity. He answered very humbly that when he got pieces of raw materials in his hand he would see a beautiful statue in them imaginarily. And next he began to remove the extra parts that covered the statue in that material. When he completely removed the unnecessary parts that covered the statue, the statue would appear. In short, his ability to see beautiful statues in raw materials made him great. Jesus saw greatness in John and John saw greatness in Jesus. Actually, our greatness is not lies in us, but in others. When we see and accept greatness of others, being humble, doors of heaven open before us, a new spirit of greatness will come and dwell with us. That is happened in Jesus when he saw greatness and become humble before John the Baptist. See the verses, ” And when Jesus was baptised, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; and behold, a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased’.”