Greatness in serving

Everyone seem to want to chase greatness. People want to get famous, to gather trophies, acquire titles, be influential, command power. And the world says you can get these by being aggressive, decisive, cunning. Some would even go to great lengths such as trading values for personal gain, compromising health for material wealth, replacing important relationships with worldly partnerships. Just to get ahead. Just to advance personal agenda. The Christian life demands otherwise.

For a Christian, there is more to being great than just having a good name and great wealth and power. Greatness is having your life impact eternity. There is true greatness in serving. Jesus Christ affirmed that service is the mark of true greatness. If I desire to be great, I must be willing to offer myself in service to others. Jesus gave us a standard to follow: greatness means to serve!

God demonstrated service and sacrifice through His Son Jesus Christ. He is my best example of compassion, humility, and selflessness. In a world that is self-absorbed, self-centered, self-exalted, God is calling me to a life of selflessness, and self-abandon. I must be willing to pay the price of true greatness.

In Matthew 20, Jesus demonstrated a life of service. He asked the blind men the very thing they want, and He willingly gave it to them. He has a compassionate heart turned towards those who are desperate for Him. In the same way, I must continue to have a desperation for God not only for the things He can do for me, but most specially for the things He can do through me.

Dreaming big

A warrior dreams big, and acts big to achieve his dreams. Like a vision for something great, a warrior's dream is not only a passing thought or wishful thinking, but it is a road by which he is willing to take no matter how long and difficult. His dreams are part of who he is, fulfilling it is part of his destiny.

Forever Faithful

Disillusioned at best and with no cause to fight for, You have met me in the middle of nowhere to pacify the tensions in my heart and pick me up one more time. One more fight, You said. I took hold of that. Years later, here I am, still fighting strong. All because of grace.

It is still a long way ahead in this journey of faith. But I promise to remain steadfast, to remain faithful, to be true to all that I know about You. And let it be said of me at the end of the day, "well done, my good and faithful servant", because that's who I am. A servant of the one true Master and King.