The idea of being great isn't a bad thing, it's actually something that I hope I can be for the Lord. Ever since I was 12yrs old I was told that I would do great things for the Lord. When I first heard that I was super excited but as the years went by and as I started to think of what I've done since then and where I'm at now, I don't feel like I've done anything great. I have been fortunate to be apart of some great things but overall I really don't feel like im doing anything great. By having this mentality that I'm not being great can really be a stumbling block in becoming great, let me explain. We all have our own ideas about was greatness is and what we might need to do in order to achieve greatness. What I was doing was trying to compare my ministry with other geat ministries. Because we see great ministries like Joel Osteen, Hilsong, and any other "mega" ministries out there and when I see these ministries that what I see as greatness. I see these "mega" ministries and then compare my ministry to theirs and I can't help but think that I'm no where near greatness. By comparing these ministries with mine all I'm doing is putting unnecessary pressure and unreal expectations on myself. This past Sunday the Lord really spoke to me and lifted a huge weight off my shoulders. This idea of being great and having an unreal expectation of greatness was changed for me. First off I realized that only God says what's great and what's not. I'm not saying that these "mega" ministries aren't great, but these ministries are only great if God says they are. It doesn't matter how big or small a ministry is, we shouldn't judge them by numbers or human standards, we should just make sure we are doing them to bring God glory and we need to let Him be the judge of greatness. The thing that really took all the weight off my shoulders was knowing that I don't have to be great because the only thing that will make me and my ministry great is God being great through me. I will never be great if I'm trying to be great, all I need to do is walk in righteousness, obedience, and allow God to be great through me.
So you want to be great? Then stop trying to be great, just let God be great through you. I'm not saying that we shouldn't do anything, remember we always need to keep our ends of the deal up. So my prayer for us today is that we would let God be great in our lives. I pray that God would relieve us of any unnecessary pressures we put on ourselves because we are trying to do it all on our own. I pray for strength and faith for us to let God be God.
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