13/01/2026
Here's a question every Christian needs to ask themselves:
When you share your faith, who are people walking away thinking about? Jesus, or you?
It's a subtle shift. So subtle you might not even notice it happening.
You start sharing your testimony. People are encouraged. They respond. They thank you. They follow you.
And slowly, without realizing it, your story starts becoming the main story.
Your breakthrough becomes the highlight, not God's faithfulness.
Your journey becomes the lesson, not Scripture.
Your experience becomes the authority, not the Word of God.
And before you know it, you've crossed a line.
You're no longer pointing people to Jesus. You're pointing people to yourself.
Paul saw this happening in the Corinthian church. People were dividing over personalities.
"I follow Paul."
"I follow Apollos."
"I follow Peter."
And Paul's response was sharp:
"๐๐ข๐ด ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ญ ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ? ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ญ?" (1 Corinthians 1:13)
Then he made it even clearer in 2 Corinthians 4:5:
"๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐
๐๐จ๐ช๐จ ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง๐."
Paul refused to let people make him the center. He constantly redirected their attention back to Christ.
Because Paul understood something we're forgetting today: ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ.
But we've flipped that.
Today, the messenger has become the brand. The personality. The influencer.
We market ourselves more than we magnify Christ.
We build our following more than we build His Church.
We care more about being seen than making sure Jesus is seen.
And people notice.
They start quoting us instead of quoting Scripture.
They depend on our posts for daily encouragement instead of opening their Bibles.
They follow our journey instead of following Jesus.
John the Baptist knew how to handle this. When people started flocking to him, when his ministry was booming, when he had every opportunity to build something around himself, he said:
"๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ; ๐ ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐จ." (John 3:30)
John understood his assignment. He was the voice, not the Word. He was the signpost, not the destination.
His job was to point people to Jesus and then get out of the way.
That's what every believer is called to do.
Decrease so Jesus can increase.
Step aside so Jesus can step forward.
Fade so Jesus can shine.
But instead, we fight to stay relevant. To stay visible. To stay in the spotlight.
And here's the sobering truth: if your absence would cause people's faith to shake, you've become their foundation. And that's dangerous.
Because when you fall, they fall.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.
So let me ask you again:
When you share your faith, who gets the glory?
When people hear your story, who do they walk away remembering?
When you teach, do you point people to Scripture or to your own revelation?
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ป'๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐. ๐๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ.
It doesn't need your personality to make it attractive. It needs your obedience to make it credible.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น.
