Today's Bible reading is the 3rd chapter of the Book of Luke. You can read it here at Bible Gateway: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+3&version=NASB

The day in which Jesus was baptized by John in the wilderness was a most glorious day. The scripture tells us that "heaven was opened" that day. We read that on that day "a voice came out of heaven", saying of Jesus, "You are my beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased." It seems clear that these would be words spoken only by His Father in heaven. It was the voice of God proceeding from heaven above to the earth below. John was indeed, "the voice of one crying in the wilderness" as he fulfilled the prophetic utterances of Isaiah and made ready the way of the Lord.That John the Baptist was a great man is indisputable. But John himself put things into their right perspective when he said of Jesus, “As for me, I baptize you with water; but One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the thong of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire." The Son of God was mightier than John, a chosen servant of God. John was baptizing with water but the Son of God would baptize with the Holy Spirit. The final words of Isaiah's prophecy recorded in today's passage says that "all flesh will see the Salvation of God". This "salvation" has a name. The wonderful name of Jesus.