The truly great people in God’s
eyes are not the great achievers but the great believers. They really believe
God and therefore seek his kingdom first (Matthew 6:33). They know that they
have no greatness of their own — all greatness is God’s — so they are free to
be the servants of all (Mark 9:35). Because they know that here they “have no
lasting city” (Hebrews 13:14) their eyes are set on the city with everlasting
foundations (Hebrews 11:10). That’s where they lay up their treasures (Matthew
6:20), and so they are happy to forego them here as God calls. And the great
believers are willing to go into foreign lands and live on the promises of God
for the sake of God’s purposes to bless all the families of the earth (Genesis
28:14, Matthew 28:19–20).
In the end, the great believers are the truly great achievers. They build the house that God is building and therefore the
greatest house and only house that will last (Psalm 127:1). What they have to
show of their lives when they die may not look like much. But what they have
built will go on growing forever. It will make an eternal difference; it will
leave an eternal mark, the longest-lasting legacy.
-Jon Bloom
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