Faithful to the end

So I was reading about a guy the other day and it struck me in a way it hadn't before. You may know of him or even read about him yourself, but this dude is like no other. First of all he wore a leather belt, not that it is strange in our day for a man to sport such a belt, but when he lived I am assuming everyone else was wearing rope belts which is why a leather one was so strange. Not only that but here he is(i imagine him sitting on a rock out in the desert) dipping locust into some wild honey and eating it! Just like I would with a bag of chips and dip. Pretty sure locust and honey weren't on any sort of normal menu in those days. This guy was far from "normal." Yet all this set aside and that is not the wierdest part of this man. The strangest thing about him is that.....HE HAD FOLLOWERS!! And I'm not talking just a few friends that hung out with him. This dude was popular! Most of you know I'm talking about John the Baptist, and here is what struck me the other day; Ch. 3:27 says A person cannot recieve one thing unless it is given to him from heaven. We've heard it before I know, but if you look earlier in the chapter This guys followers were leaving him. They were crossing the river to be with the new dude on the other side. One of his friends asks of him "dude, what are you gonna do, your friends are leaving you!" And John simply has an attitude of Thanks! His whole purpose in life was to point others to Christ and that is exactly what he did! I am pretty sure my heart would've revealed my selfishness and jealousy. Not John! Just a heart of simple obedience and surrender. John was later put in prison and beheaded, I can only imagine that by this time all his followers had deserted him, and yet he was faithful to the end!!!