John 1:29-31–The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God,who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ 

I believe most people would agree that we are creatures of habit.  Where we have routines for our day, pending that there is nothing scheduled out of the ordinary.  Today I thought it was going to be a “routine day”, but I ended up running into a young lady, who updated me for two and a half hours about her relationship. Her relationship is with a guy I had been meeting up with in months past, but changed jobs, so we stopped…
As I listened and tried to interject some points of view that I hoped were helpful, she kept referring back to what she thought needed to happen, for the relationship to continue.   Both people are church attenders, but admittedly not committed.  Though I had witnessed and counseled the boyfriend countless times about getting in the Word and keeping God first, it appeared to never materialize…
In principle, the problem with not seeing beyond what we think or feel, is that we fail to “behold the Lamb of God” as priority, or the One who should be sought and “lifted up” out of opinions and perspectives.  John the Baptist wanted to make sure that the people understood the priority of his work in their lives, that Jesus is the Messiah or the answer to world’s problem of sin.  John wanted people to know that Jesus outranks him…(2 Corinthians 10:5-6)
So as I tried to minister and help this young lady, she couldn’t get past her perspective.  Because if Jesus is not the goal of worship, than our default is not other people, it is ourselves, our perspective, and opinions that rule.  In other words, not beholding Jesus as the priority to “outrank” what we think, can leave us without the clarity of the Truth or God’s will for the situation…
The truth was that both of them were right.  But without Jesus as priority, we want our own way, instead of unifying in God’s way.  Beholding Jesus Christ, humbles the way we pridefully hold our perspective, because we attribute God’s glory as the goal.  Challenge yourself, does Jesus through His Truth and Spirit, “outrank” your conclusions about yourself and other people?  If not, we will live much like this couple, fighting for one to submit to the other’s opinion and perspective, instead of humbly unifying in Christ.
In His Love, Ld