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LESS IS MORE – 05-17-2022

By May 17, 2022Daily Devotionals

LESS IS MORE
May 17, 2022

Prayer: Lord, help us to decrease, and may You increase in us in our professional lives. Amen

Scripture: He must become greater; I must become less. John 3:30 NIV

There are numerous Biblical examples of doing less resulting in deliverance or victory. The Old Testament warrior leader Joshua could have stormed Jericho’s walls and put up siege ramps to topple the enemy, but God said, “No.” God said, “Less is more.” God told him to march around the city, blow some trumpets and shout. Wow! It worked! The walls fell down.

Gideon, the least of his family, was called by God to be a military leader and to save his nation from foreign invasion. He gathered over 20,000 troops to fight with him but God said, “No.” God said, “Send all but 300 of them home. Surround your enemy with torches and trumpets and watch what I will do.” Wow! It worked.

Peter tried to protect Jesus by using the power of his sword against the enemy and cut off a soldier’s ear. Jesus said, “No. Less is more.” He told Peter to put up his sword and then healed the man’s bleeding ear.

A family gave up their picnic lunch one day. They chose less, and as a result, Jesus fed them and over 5,000 people.
John the Baptist once said, “He (Jesus) must become greater; I must become less.” In order to survive and thrive in education today, this is what we must do.

God cries out for obedience to Him in His schools. He cries out, “Seek me first and I will add all things unto you, such as high academic achievement.” He also says, “Don’t believe that just by doing more you are going to get more. Stop serving More. I will give you the courage it takes to do less. Obey me and watch what I will do.”

Reflection: What percentage of my professional life do I believe is led and directed by the Lord? How do I practically seek God first in my professional life?

Getting Real: Inquire of the Lord. In prayer ask Him how you are to decrease and how He is to increase in your professional life. Share with a fellow Christian teacher what God is telling you to do. Obey what God tells you to do.

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