Blog post by Mary Katherine May
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| source: BibleGateway.org |
As committed Christians devoted to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, it is not unusual to want to marvelous, wonderful, immensely great, fantastic thing out of love for all He did for us.
You might want to write a book that will inspire, sing music you wrote that will bring people to their knees with hands raised toward Heaven, be a great missionary who brings to the Lord an unknown group of people living in the most remote place on earth, or witness and testify to those living in darkness, drawing multitudes into the Body of Christ. After all, we are here to serve, and serve we must to our fullest ability.
So, my Brothers in Sisters in Christ,
exactly how great do you want to be?
Is it for your glory or for God's glory? Honestly, I have wrestled with this desire to be Godly and famous at the same time for what seems like forever. Certainly, when I am given praise for my small contributions that the Lord has honored tasking to me, I will often have a hard enough time remembering to whom the glory and praise goes.
Is it wrong to feel good about we do in Christ's name?
Certainly not--but the good feeling should be in the fact that we have been blessed with a task of service, not for what WE have accomplished! And what if the fame and popularity do come? If it is difficult to be humble in the small things, how hard will it be when tasked with the big things? Is it the limelight and glory for our selves that we really want? GOD knows us better than we know ourselves, so it just may be that he is saving us from sinning more with even greater misplaced pride.
It is something to think about.
The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 25 tells us something very important about how important what each of us does for GOD. Jesus says, I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it for me. (New English Translation, NET).
What we do for God out of an abundance of love, however small or great, we have done for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The important point is that we DO--not how many people know about it.
As in the Parable of the Talents, just like the coins we are not to squander our good deeds, but generously give as we can which we lead to more and more good deeds. Doing unto Jesus Christ, my dear Brothers and Sisters, is a marvelous, wonderful, immensely great, fantastic thing!
Joshua 24:15. Choose this day who you will serve. Is it GOD whom you want to glorify or is it you? You are a Very Important Person when you serve the LORD and the benefits are far greater than any worldly fame or fortune.
