Brave Blogs | Brave Posture: The Art of Becoming Less by Loretta Muñoz Edwards

Greetings to all my Brave Hearted Steppers out there!

John the Baptist was confident in that Brave Posture. He really loved the lord and felt unworthy of even loosening Jesus’s sandals. Preparing the way for our savior. People questioned him and wondered with what authority is he baptizing people. John the Baptist was neither a priest or prophet Elijah. He was the one God called to prepare the way. And although he was in the wilderness and ended up being killed. He successfully led people to Christ. John started a sacrament that would be followed by all believers for decades. A sacrament that would one day change the whole world. 

“Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” Then they said to him, “Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?” He said: “I am ‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’ as the prophet Isaiah said.” Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees. And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know. It is He who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”” John‬ ‭1‬:‭19‬-‭27‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Reflect

Imagine loving God so much that you are willing to change the world with him. You are willing to decrease so that Jesus is exalted. 

May this type of love find me wherever I may go. In the wilderness, I will stand firm with a posture of complete humility in front of the presence of God. There were moments when I found myself standing in the wilderness, encouraging others to follow Christ. Uplifting others and showing others the path while the wind blew and the rain came, but the rainbow never came out after the rain. Instead, the rain allowed the seeds I planted to grow. A garden with many fruits. A garden full of life! 

I realized there is a true art in becoming less of me and more of Christ. 

Peace and Blessings,

Loretta Munoz Edwards 

Brave Hearted Blogger