{"id":279,"date":"2021-05-31T15:08:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T15:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.savorscripture.com\/?p=279"},"modified":"2021-05-31T15:08:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T15:08:59","slug":"achieving-spiritual-greatness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.savorscripture.com\/blog\/achieving-spiritual-greatness\/","title":{"rendered":"Achieving Spiritual Greatness"},"content":{"rendered":"
Someone who knows she or he does and gloats over it.<\/span><\/p>\n There is no pleasure in watching these types. What we might otherwise admire is destroyed by the even greater contempt we have developed for them. So what if they are good? If they behave as if they rule the world, then it is not admirable.<\/span><\/p>\n Spiritual greatness is something that all Christians want to attain, but how do we achieve it? Do we have the same idea of greatness as God does?<\/span><\/p>\n There was a famous heavyweight boxer who modestly called himself “The Greatest”. Before his peak, he was certainly mighty at his trade and had some admirable qualities. “The Greatest” he was not. Past his peak, with body and mind going to seed, his title was an ironic joke. There was nothing left to admire.<\/span><\/p>\n What is admirable and praiseworthy is someone who, though excelling, is humble with it. They don’t strut around with self-importance badged on their chest. They only did their best. In these people, we can admire the achievement, and also the person. We praise them on two accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n Albert Einstein, who is considered to be one of the greatest brains of recent centuries, wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n ‘My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit, who reveals Himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind’<\/span><\/p>\n Humility is an essential part of a believer’s character. We may get praise for something, but it does not do to bask in the glory and let it go to our head. Why should we spoil good work?<\/span><\/p>\n The Pharisees did some good works, but by proudly publishing their achievements “they had their reward”. They got the praise of the men they wanted. They even thought they would get a guaranteed eternal reward because they were that good! No doubt they were a little surprised at Christ’s comments.<\/span><\/p>\n Pride spoils achievement. It blinds us to our faults and makes us devalue the part that God has played. So let us not spoil our hope of salvation.<\/span><\/p>\n Some of the greatest men in the Bible were only great because of their humility.<\/span><\/p>\nWhat Einstein said on Humility<\/b><\/h2>\n
The Pharisees<\/b><\/h2>\n
Moses and Humility<\/b><\/h2>\n