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Do you want to do something great with your life? I believe there is a desire in all of us to do this. We don't like settling (even if we swear we are lazy or complacent) and we don't like wasting things, especially our lives.

What is that one great thing you want to do with your life?

Many of us who are more aware of our desire to make an impact have begun thinking about how we can accomplish this great thing. Maybe it's to be valedictorian, maybe it's to be captain of a sports team, maybe it's to revolutionize your student government, or maybe it's something as simple and meager as solving world hunger. If you have figured out that one thing, you have also thought about how to accomplish this great thing. What if I were to tell you that you weren't going to make it. That you'll never accomplish whatever "it" is. You would probably see me as wrong, and I am the enemy and the reason for you to work even harder to achieve greatness. What if God says your labors are in vain? What if he said it was useless? A psalmist writes this:

Unless the Lord builds the house,

those who build it labor in vain.

Unless the Lord watches over the city,

the watchman stays awake in vain.

Psalms 127:1

Now, I am not saying we stop trying to do and accomplish great things. Many of God's greatest servants accomplished great things. In fact, God is in the business of doing great things, but that's just the thing, it's God doing them. This last Sunday we compared a Scribe and a widow (read Mark 12:38-44) and their posture towards God. The Scribe obviously thought he had it all together, and the widow knew she had very little; however, she still gave and offered everything she had. The Scribe thought God and the world needed what he had to offer, and the widow knew what she had would have very little to no impact. One trusted himself, the other trusted God. Which example would you like to follow? Of course, if you've been in church for a while you would say the widow, but we so rarely choose to live like the widow.

I have a question for you. How do you feel about being poor?... Seriously, think about it. What if you were poor?... How would your view of yourself change? How would your outlook on life change? It would probably change dramatically. All of a sudden you would be fully dependent on other people. You would see every meal as a gift. Every material need met could seem like a miracle! Listen to Jesus for a moment:

Blessed are the poor in Spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:3

How does all of this fit together? We have been given wonderful gifts, and we are called to use them (Matthew 25:14-30). However, we must resist the temptation to think this world and God needs what we have to offer. We must humbly present our gifts to God, and trust Him to do what is best with them (just like the widow). We must also continue to meditate on that word, humbly. Think back to being poor: this means being dependent and having your life out of your control. This is how we come to God. We are completely dependent on him with what we have, we realize what we have will only go so far, but w/ Him working through us we could move mountains. Don't you see? The key to greatness in front of our God (what we all yearn for) comes through humbly submitting to Him. That's all! May we come to God, humbly, and offer our gifts. Then we shall all be truly blessed.

posted by Skylar # 9:02 AM 0 Comments

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