John the Baptist was fine as sign to Jesus

There are few things more painful to the human heart than watching someone else get the attention we thought belonged to us.

We see it in children when one sibling gets praised and the other feels forgotten. We see it at work when someone else gets the promotion we thought we’d get.

We see it in church when another ministry grows faster, another leader is noticed more, or another person gets the credit for something we did. We see it online every day, where followers, likes, possessions, titles, and views become ways of measuring our worth.