December 16th, 2022 – 12:02pm – Haifa Hostel, Haifa, Israel:

I came to Israel with only what fit under the seat in front of me as God had asked me to do and I will now in 4 days leave Israel with even less that what I came with.

If you wanted a report of what my time here has accomplished I could not give you one. In the natural there would not have been any point to my journey here… but spiritually… oh spiritually… the ripples that will go out across the world because of my time here will be many.

Empty-handed for His glory. All to you I give… we sing and we say these words… but how often do we do them. How often do we give God painless gifts from our vast wealth? We give Him the excess, the overflow of what He has given us.

I understand what I could not have understood before. I see as I couldn’t have seen before. I know as I hadn’t known before. What I’ve gained has been deep inside of me… an offering to Him.

So I look ahead down the years in front of me and I finally see what I will become. Hahaha and no it is not something greater, no, not someone more well known or more wise or more knowledgeable… no. I will become less and less so that He can become more and more.

As John the Baptist said, “I must become less, so that He can become all.”…

“He must increase [in prominence], but I must decrease.” – John 3:30 AMP

“It is necessary for him to increase and for me to decrease.” – John 3:30 TPT

“He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.” – John 3:30 NLT

“Are you willing to become unknown so that I can be known?” – Jesus’ question to me.

And so, yes, less and less known. Less and less… obscurity. Yes.

Do you see it yet? Can you grasp how the kingdom of God works? Less and less, Him more and more. I must die… for Him to live in me.

I came to Israel unknown and I will leave the same. I will go home to be among family unknown among them, then to a conference it seems, to be unknown there, then… onward unknown. Always unknown so He can be known.

Always the desert ahead… the desert of the unknown… the desert of Obscurity.