On my missions trip to Africa I got to experience a Ugandan church service. The worship, fellowship, and sermon was amazing and life changing. A quote the pastor said that I will forever remember is “Do not let your desire to be great keep you from the path God is taking you on.” At that moment in my life I was convinced that I couldn’t measure up to the standard that I thought I needed to meet. Being on the trip showed me that I’m not going to be great at everything, and hearing this helped me to understand why be great isn’t so important. I don’t have to be this outstanding, popular person; I can simply be the person who God created me to be. I’m still figuring out exactly who that is, but life is a journey and I’m trying to follow God’s pathway.
Now I want you to understand the difference from the desire to be great and striving to do great. The desire to be great is the desire to be noticed. It’s wanting to be better than others. Striving to do great is completely different. It’s doing something well. It’s being proud of your work, but not being prideful or arrogant.
This is something I struggle with. It’s hard for me to not want people to notice me when I do well. Very often I simply need to remind myself that God sees everything, and He knows when I do my best and he loves me no matter what.
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