How To Be Great! 3 Keys To Achieving True Greatness.

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We have the full resources of the God of the universe at our disposal and we go and live a dull, insignificant life. People could say, “Well, your God isn’t that great. Look at your life.” We should be a reflection of his great magnitude, not our lack and misconceptions. 

We Are Afraid To Be Great

In our religious society, we are so afraid of doing great things or being great because we have so much false humility. Like, being great is a bad thing. We must be humble, lowly, broken, and poor. Then people will see how great God is. First of all, I don’t know where we get the idea that poor is attractive. How many people do you know who walk around all day saying, “Gee, I really wish I could be poorer today. That would really make me more spiritual.” Well, you’re probably right, because you would start praying a lot more fervently because you didn’t want to be poor anymore. 

Our idea of humility is usually so off or skewed. Humility doesn’t mean ‘Don’t be great’. It means go and be as great as you possibly can, but realize that it is because of God that you are great, and without Him, you would be nothing. A powerful biblical example would be David. He was just a shepherd boy, yet he was able to slay Goliath, the giant who had taunted Israel and God for 40 days. But how? 

For, Because, With

For You, Because Of You, and With You. It’s just that simple. Each one is a powerful tool for turning ordinary into great. When you set out to accomplish something, do it with these three things in mind and heart. Tell God, whatever I do today, I do for you. I do it because of you, and I do it with you. Then watch as your efforts are transformed from ordinary to great. 

No matter what we do, we should do it with the mindset that this is for God. It doesn’t matter what you are doing. Everything in our lives as Christians should be for one purpose. To make God look good. We should be living, to give the best we can to Him, not give Him a half-hearted, mediocre effort. We aren’t called to just get by in God. As Christians, we have so much great in us because we have God. We should be emptying ourselves of everything that’s unnecessary just to make more room for more of His greatness. We need to be a great people, full of great stuff, who do great things, that reflect a great God. 

Our Secret Desire To Be Great

Well, let’s be honest, we want to be great. But we want to be great so everyone will look at us and think how great we are—so we can be validated, so we can have the big chair on stage, and everyone will marvel at us. We want the best seat in the house, the best parking space, so we can make the most money and have the coolest stuff to flaunt our greatness. This isn’t true greatness. This is just pride. God hasn’t called us to be super prideful. If He had, we would be excelling at it for sure. He has, however, called us to be great. 

True greatness, is when we realize alone we really aren’t that special. I know, your teacher said that everyone was special. Sorry. By tapping into who God is and stepping out in His power, with and for Him, not us, and because of Him, because of His ability, not ours, then we can achieve great things. God is the factor in our lives that makes everything great. The sky is the limit. Well, actually, there is no limit to the great things you can accomplish when you do it with the right heart. 

Being Poor Doesn’t Make You Great

We think people are great and extra spiritual when they sell everything, dedicating their lives to helping poor people or something noble. But those things, as admirable as they may be, don’t make you great. Sure, Jesus said this once to someone, but He also added one more thing, “Follow me.” The key wasn’t necessarily selling stuff and giving stuff away. The key to greatness was to disconnect from your former life and then follow me. When we allow God’s will to override ours and we align our hearts with His, we start to live a life that is for Him, because of Him, and with Him. 

There are so many people in the Bible that we would consider to be great people, people who accomplished great and amazing things. But how? It was because they didn’t live for themselves, but for God and those around them. This doesn’t mean they sold all they had and gave it all to the poor. Doing that doesn’t make you great, it just makes you poor. And no, don’t bring up the rich young ruler. There are lots of poor people who still love money and are full of pride. 

We Are Backwards

The people in the Bible were great and accomplished great things because they gave up their wills and lived for someone other than themselves. True humility doesn’t mean you’re a poor, broken-down wretch who lives in a shack, wears a robe and chants. True humility is when you realize your position and you’re okay with it. It’s when you aren’t constantly trying to lift yourself up and prove your worth. In fact, you aren’t even focused on yourself. You genuinely want to build up and lift up God in those around you. You become more focused on what God needs than what you do. 

We get it all backwards. We want to live for ourselves and then expect God to bless us. We want to hold on to our selfish lives and chase everything but God, while expecting God to be okay with it. It doesn’t quite work like that. The focus isn’t getting stuff. It’s realizing here is this amazing God I am completely captivated by, and I can’t get close enough to. I want to tell everyone how amazing You are. And then, as a bonus, God will lift you up. He will bless you. He will make your efforts great and give you success because your life is His. By blessing you, He’s really blessing Himself. He knows it’ll come back to Him. The more great I can do, the more great I can accomplish, the greater honor God receives. 

God Will Make You Great

When you live for God, God is able to back up what you do. He will lift you up. We should have the mindset that everything we do, we do for God. We accomplish these things because God has made them possible. And we get to do it with Him. What an amazing way to live. What a great adventure to wake up every day and watch the amazing things God will do. To live in anticipation of good instead of living in worry and fear, and anxiety. To live knowing we have God backing us up, we can truly ask anything, and God will hear us. 

God wants to accomplish amazing things. He wants to do great things. And He wants to do it through us and with us. Set your life apart for God. Set apart your marriage, your hopes, your dreams, your finances, and your family. Set everything apart for God. Then realize everything you have, everything that is even possible for you today, is all because of God. Then step out in great faith and confidence that God is with you. 

Bottom line, because of God, we are capable of accomplishing great things, and we should strive to be great. Jesus never said not to be great; instead, He gives us the keys necessary to achieve greatness. Stop being afraid of being great. Step out today and start accomplishing amazing things for God, with God, and because of God. And show the world just how awesome God truly is.

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