Humility And Greatness

Whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. - Matthew 20:26


As a 7-year-old, Richard Bernstein admired Jackie Robinson's athletic ability and courage as the first African-American man to play Major League baseball in the modern era. A few years later, while working at a small-town golf course, Bernstein was astonished to find himself carrying the bag of his hero, Jackie Robinson. When rain postponed the game, Robinson held an umbrella over the two of them and shared his chocolate bar with the young caddy. Writing in The International Herald Tribune, Bernstein cited that humble act of kindness as a mark of greatness he has never forgotten.

True greatness is shown by humility, not pride. This was powerfully demonstrated and taught by Jesus Christ, who did His ambitious disciples: "Whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. Ans whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many" (Matt. 20:26-28).

When God Himself walked on earth as a man, He washed feet, welcomed children, and willingly gave His life to deliver us from self-centered tyranny of sin. His example gives credence to His command. - David C. McCasland


True greatness does not lie with those
Who strive for worldly fame,
It lies instead with those who choose
To serve in Jesus' name. - D. De Haan

We can do great things for the Lord if we are willing to do little things for others.

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Matthew 20:20-28

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him. He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your kingdom."

But Jesus answered, "You don't know what are you asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" They said to him, "We are able."

He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father." When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.

But Jesus summoned them, and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant, even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

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I willing to become servant... May God use me... I am sorry for my past... but may God forgive me... and give me another chance... and... I promise to change...