“He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.” John 1:7-8 HCSB

Did John the Baptist fulfill his call? “John the Baptist: “For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and will never drink wine or beer. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit while still in his mother’s womb. He will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God. And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.”

Luke 1:15-17 HCSB

https://www.bible.com/72/luk.1.15-17.hcsb

A call to go to the people for obedience.” I think he did. 

“A voice of one crying out: Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.”

Isaiah 40:3 HCSB

https://www.bible.com/72/isa.40.3.hcsb 

Get yourself ready! Jesus is coming back to receive back to Himself a Holy Perfect People. There will be Johns who will be called to get the people ready. To baptize people into repentance for salvation. There will be people who are willing to Go for Jesus. Will you be ready? Or will you have to be the one who John pursues to convict to return to the Lord? We don’t like the process but God will continue to weed out the tares in our lives until we are ready with the fruit of the harvest. 

“Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I’ll tell the reapers: Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to burn them, but store the wheat in my barn.’ ””

Matthew 13:30 HCSB

https://www.bible.com/72/mat.13.30.hcsb

“I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

Philippians 1:6 HCSB

https://www.bible.com/72/php.1.6.hcsb

Are we walking in the fullness of His calling? Or have we settled down for the watered down version of His call? Do we walk around pointing to us or to Christ Jesus? Do we testify to the light and Life of Jesus?