Significance

If you asked an historian to discuss the significance of Augustus Caesar, he could give you volumes. God gives him one line. If you asked historians to discuss the significance of Abraham, you might get a chapter. God says that all the nations of the earth are blessed through Abraham. We must never get caught up in the world's definition of significance. It is not God's definition. Those who are significant from God's perspective are those who live by faith. They don't need to understand God's directions in order to believe Him. They believe Him, act on His Word, and come to understand His character. Faith precedes understanding, and faith acts in obedience to the commands of God. The man that ruled the greatest empire in history at the peak of its power is not of any importance to God. The man who left everything, lived in tents, but believed God when He told him his descendants would be as uncountable as the stars in the heaven is one of the most significant people the world has ever known. We will find the same to be true when we stand one day in the halls of glory. Countless, nameless, men and women will receive the praise of God because they were faithful to Him. They lived their lives in context. And the context of life? God is on the throne. He is always in complete control. Grace and justice triumph. God honors those who honor Him. And how do I honor the omnipotent, all-wise God? I believe what He says--I please Him by a walk of faith. Each day, every day, I would be like Jesus.