^“26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.”²⁷ John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven.²⁸ You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.’²⁹ The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.³⁰ He must increase, but I must decrease.”

John 3:26-30 (ESV)

John the Baptist will forever be known as the forerunner to Jesus. He was the one who prepared the stage for when Jesus came on the scene. It takes a special kind of person…