How To Be Great In God's Kingdom

I start every day with God and reading daily devotions from Our Daily Bread. Today’s devotion is titled “Greatness.” Sheridan Voysey wrote this devotion. The scripture reading is from Mark 9:33–37. The key verse is, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all” Mark 9:35. My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ; before I write, I first pray to God to guide my words to serve as spiritual food and guidance. I desire God to be my sole source of writing. All the credit goes to God, not me. I am his humble servant. I thank God that He led me to use Our Daily Bread Ministries to inspire comments and witnessing.

People think a great person excels in wars and sports, the ones who get all the attention. Having all the attention and the spotlight on me is what I called great. Now I know I was wrong. Like everything else in this world, God’s ways are opposite. Greatness in God’s kingdom means serving others and not bring attention to yourself. Now I serve as Jesus’s kind of greatness as God’s humble servant.

How about you? How do you want to be recognized as great?

Reflect

When you think of a “great” person in history, what image comes to mind? How can you pursue Jesus’ kind of greatness today?

My prayer for us:

Dear God, help us to serve others humbly.

Our Daily bread Ministries (2021/08/05) Greatness, Sheridan Voysey, retrieved from www.odb.org 05/08/2021 greatness.