TODAY’S JOURNAL A record of occurrences, experiences or observations. by R. D. Sandlin

                  Both Are Great                                                        Jan. 13, 2005

How many today, both in the Christian and secular world, are striving for greatness, but are going about it in the wrong way.

You'll find the term "He shall be great" twice in Luke chapter one. It is spoken of John the Baptist and Jesus. The question of greatness has to do with whether we are looking through God's eyes or man's. Neither of the two mentioned above were great in the eyes of man, but were in God's eyes. Greatness in God's sight is a result of anyone fulfilling what He placed him upon earth to do.

In Genesis one, referring to the sun, God says that it was "the greater light. Of the moon, He say, it was "the lesser light." That's found in verse sixteen. But, if you'll notice, before He mentions "greater and lesser," it says, "And God made two great light." Here we find something strange and wonderful. There's a greater and lesser, but God calls them both great.

Dear friend, there are Christians greater in position and authority than us, who are fulfilling the will of God for their lives. Certainly, in comparison, we are lesser, but, if we're fulfilling God's eternal plan in the place where He has put us, though the one is greater, and we, the lesser, God calls both great.