John 1:35

John 1:35 says. Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;  Verse thirty-six adds, And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!  John the Baptist is standing with two of his disciples when he sees Jesus approaching.  He says, "Behold, the Lamb of God,"  We, like John, must first recognize Jesus to point others to Him.  John had been preaching to make people ready for the coming Messiah, and that included making himself ready.  Until we are prepared by faith to make ourselves ready to recognize Christ as our Saviour, we will never follow Him.  John did not keep his recognition of Jesus as the Messiah quiet.  We must be like him and boldly proclaim Jesus as the Lamb of God, the Savior Who takes away the sins of the world.  John knew that when Jesus came his ministry would be diminishing and Jesus would become the focus of the world.  He did not allow his own position to keep him from proclaiming Christ, and neither can we.  If we begin to let our own desires take priority over Christ, we become ineffective followers.  Two of John's disciples left him and followed Jesus.  Again, John did not get upset, because this is what he was preparing them for.  If we lead someone to Christ today, and He leads them away from us, we need to be like John and realize this is what they are supposed to do.  Then, the two disciples had to have faith that John recognized Jesus as the Messiah and faith to follow Him.  If people have no faith in our own recognition of Jesus as the Savior, they are not as likely to accept Him as their Savior.  John boldly proclaimed Christ was there in their midst, acknowledged Him when He recognized Him, and let his disciples go to Jesus.  Christ is always in our midst today.  We need to boldly proclaim Him and pray that all will follow Him, wherever He leads, even if it is away from us.  Verse thirty-seven continues, And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.  After John made his proclamation about Jesus, two of his disciples began to follow Jesus.