“He must increase, but I must decrease.”

There is a story in the third chapter of the book of John where John’s (i.e., John the Baptist, not the Apostle who authored the book) disciples reported to him that the crowds that once flocked to John (cf. Matt 3:5) were now flocking to Jesus (cf. John 3:26). John’s response?

“A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven. You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’ He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. So this joy of mine has been made full. He must increase, but I must decrease.”

He must increase, but I must decrease.

Recently, this notion has struck me as of utmost importance – less of me, and more of Him. I intend to explore this idea further in the future – for it is a very large idea, touching all areas of life. But for now, I simply wanted to include it here in the About section as the constraining vision for this website. By His grace, it will daily be the constraining vision of my life also.

J. D. Thomas

Note: The above was originally posted to the About section of joshuadthomas.com on November 6, 2020. It serves as the vision for this blog also, although more space will be given to explaining its title soon.