The greatest among the prophets considered himself not
having arrived in season and insufficient in his person and unfit in his
character to perform even the most menial of tasks for the Messiah.
In Christianity everything is God’s: the honor, the glory,
the centrality of attention; and he is clothed in unapproachable light that our
worship and service contribute nothing to the splendor of his awesome power.
We have not the right to approach him but for our faith in his
Son, and our greatest accomplishments add up to nothing and fall short of the
act of untying the thongs of the Lord’s sandals.
