What Does Greatness Look Like?

Yesterday Roger Federer won his record setting 17th Grand Slam tournament by winning Wimbledon. He also equaled Pete Sampras' record of weeks at number one. He is probably the greatest player to ever play the game of tennis and is definitely one of my all time favorites. But what makes him great? Federer is so solid mentally, has strokes that are to be envied, and has a powerful will to win. Each of these working together produce history making results. Have you ever wondered what's considered great when it comes to the Kingdom of God? Is it results? Is it talents or abilities? Or is it something that everyone has deep within them? Matthew 18:4 tells us the answer by saying, "So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven." Humility is greatness in the kingdom of God. It's not how gifted or talented you are. It has nothing to do with your personality or how well you speak. It has to do with being humble. And what is the continual opponent of humility? It's pride and arrogance. Pride always seems to be trying to worm its way into our lives and we must must guard against it passionately! There's been so many great things written about humility that I don't want to reinvent the wheel, however, I do encourage you to try living in humility. If God views humility as being greatness in the Kingdom, I think it's definitely something we should live out in our Christian lives :)