True Greatness

It's the beginning of a New Week and as we take a moment to observe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I am reminded of the fact of what True Greatness is all about and Dr. King displayed that True Greatness among Millions has he took a stands on Equality and Civil Rights for ALL of us. So my question today is How many of us are going to use our voice to display True Greatness? Whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. —Mark 10:43 Some people feel like a small pebble lost in the immensity of a canyon. But no matter how insignificant we judge ourselves to be, we can be greatly used by God. In a sermon early in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. quoted Jesus’ words from Mark 10 about servanthood. Then he said, “Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. . . . You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.” When Jesus’ disciples quarreled about who would get the places of honor in heaven, He told them: “Whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many” (Mark 10:43-45). I wonder about us. Is that our understanding of greatness? Are we gladly serving, doing tasks that may be unnoticed? Is the purpose of our serving to please our Lord rather than to gain applause? If we are willing to be a servant, our lives will point to the One who is truly great. —Vernon Grounds No service in itself is small, None great, though earth it fill; But that is small that seeks its own, And great that does God’s will. —Anon. Little things done in Christ’s name are great things.