Greatness Is All God And More

Whoever wants to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else. - Mark 9:35 (NLT)

And He sat down and called the Twelve [apostles], and He said to them, If anyone desires to be first, he must be last of all, and servant of all. - Mark 9:35 (Amplified Bible)

After Jesus sat down and told the twelve disciples to gather around him, he said, "If you want the place of honor, you must become a slave and serve others!" - Mark 9:35 (Contemporary English Version)


Many of us try to become successful and want our children to achieve even greater success, and who wouldn't. But to what extent? What are your limits, your boundaries? How do you define success, better yet, how do you define greatness? How do you measure greatness? And those around you seeking your approval, how do they measure up to you?

I have four children and one granddaughter. Only one daughter (Autumn) remains at home with me. She looks up to me and possess some traits of mine, but I stress to her constantly that she has to be her own person in this world. Of course I tell her that I want her to be the best she can. And I also tell her as long as she does her best at whatever she chooses I am proud of her, and to take responsibility for the choices she made good, bad or indifferent. To me, that is greatness.

Greatness as defined by Webster's Dictionary: markedly superior in character or quality; remarkably skilled; used as a generalized term of approval; chief or preeminent over others

Through spiritual eyes, true greatness comes from finding your real value in God's eyes. Can you imagine being great in God's eyes? What an impossible task! Not really. An eight letter word says it all. The essence of true greatness is HUMILITY. Through humility it takes great power, restraint, compassion, love, forgiveness, and mercy. So, don’t be fooled into striving to gain everything you desire in this world at the cost of eternal rewards in heaven. Nothing in this life is worth losing your soul if it means spending the rest of it in total hell and damnation. Look it at this way, if the greatest benefactor of your achievement is yourself, then you are trying to find meaning in the wrong way.

Song: How Great Is Our God (by Chris Tomlin)

VERSE(1):
The splendor of a King,
Clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice,
All the earth rejoice
He wraps himself in light,
And darkness tries to hide
And trembles at his voice,
And trembles at his voice

CHORUS(1):
How great is our God,
sing with me
How great is our God,
and all will see
How great, How great
Is our God

VERSE(2):
Age to age he stands
And time is in His Hands
Beginning and the End,
Beginning and the End
The Godhead, Three in one
Father, Spirit, Son
The Lion and the Lamb,
The Lion and the Lamb

CHORUS(1):
How great is our God,
sing with me
How great is our God,
and all will see
How great, How great
Is our God

CHORUS(2)
Name above all names
You are Worthy of all praise
and My heart will sing how great
Is our God
(x2)

CHORUS(1):
How great is our God,
Sing with me
How great is our God,
and all will see
How great, How great
Is our God


CHORUS(1):
How great is our God,
Sing with me
How great is our God,
and all will see
How great, How great
Is our God


Are you living as if what you do is more important than who you are before God?