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| Are You Confused About Greatness Too? Significance is a tricky achievement. Too often it is built on fame, money, marketing, power, position, or possessions. The disciples where caught up in a value system base on these things, which caused them to compete with each other (Mark 9: 34). In fact, the dispute over greatness resurfaced later (10: 35-45). The quest for importance through power was a treacherous problem. Jesus noticed his followers thinking and challenged it (9: 35). He pointed out that true greatness is in serving others rather than outdoing them. Later he suggested the same thing to a rich ruler (10: 21). To drive his point home, Jesus gathered a child in his arms and said that to welcome a child is to welcome both Christ and his Father (9:36, 37). No wonder the apostle Paul, in writing to believers in Galatians, identified many childlike characteristics as highly valued works of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-25). He contrasted those traits with some ugly ones that often accompany competition (Gal 5: 16-21). Do you need to rework you value system? Are you addicted to fame and fortune? A good test is to ask yourself, where do children and the poor stand among my priorities? |
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