It's Not About Me!
It can be wildly difficult to inform a teenager that living is not about just them. HMM - maybe that doesn't really change through life?
I have read that 'maturity' is the ability to delay reward. (Dr Neil Anderson)
Could 'maturity' also be defined as the capacity to deny self, especially for the benefit of another?
John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord'. (John 1:23)
John the Baptist came to prepare the way for his cousin Jesus. He gathered a tiny troupe around himself, but John already knew - life is not about me. His two disciples he introduced to the "Lamb of God".
The Last Word:
John knew his role was to bear witness to Jesus the Christ - has anything really changed to this day?