As a kid (and well, even as an adult) when I've tried to be funny, people just look at me in a way they hope will discourage this behavior. When I'm just being myself and not even intending to be funny, people laugh at the humorous things I say. When my sincerest goal is to be inspirational to the masses, I am invisible, lost in a sea of too much information to process. Then, when I'm just being myself, I say something to an individual that seems totally ordinary to me and I am told later it was encouraging.
Those of us with a deep-seated desire to do something great want to leave our mark on the world. Some of us want to be remembered for all time; others are satisfied to bear children and let that be their legacy. It's probably not a good idea to entertain fantasies of being immortalized for all time by the known world from now forward; we all have short memories. But you can still change the world or the course of history. (They just might not spell your name right down here on earth.)
It is essential to remember that so much of our world is upside down compared to life in the hereafter. What might seem world-changing down here (if you believe the media) wouldn't even be a blip on the radar in Heaven. Something that would go completely unnoticed by anyone but you and perhaps another person could very possibly make you famous in Heaven.
The day you prayed in faith for the safety or healing or salvation of someone you knew or even just heard about from a friend, you changed history. The day you obeyed and did the hard thing of reaching out to someone who had not treated you with anything but haughty disdain, you changed the world. The day you gave of yourself and put people over profits, you changed the future.
Rather than getting caught up in the big eulogy you've dreamed up for yourself, concentrate on the work ahead of and around you. The people you touch today are the people He has given to you. If you are Him with skin on, you'll leave a big foot print forever...even if you don't realize it until Heaven.
Those of us with a deep-seated desire to do something great want to leave our mark on the world. Some of us want to be remembered for all time; others are satisfied to bear children and let that be their legacy. It's probably not a good idea to entertain fantasies of being immortalized for all time by the known world from now forward; we all have short memories. But you can still change the world or the course of history. (They just might not spell your name right down here on earth.)
It is essential to remember that so much of our world is upside down compared to life in the hereafter. What might seem world-changing down here (if you believe the media) wouldn't even be a blip on the radar in Heaven. Something that would go completely unnoticed by anyone but you and perhaps another person could very possibly make you famous in Heaven.
The day you prayed in faith for the safety or healing or salvation of someone you knew or even just heard about from a friend, you changed history. The day you obeyed and did the hard thing of reaching out to someone who had not treated you with anything but haughty disdain, you changed the world. The day you gave of yourself and put people over profits, you changed the future.
Rather than getting caught up in the big eulogy you've dreamed up for yourself, concentrate on the work ahead of and around you. The people you touch today are the people He has given to you. If you are Him with skin on, you'll leave a big foot print forever...even if you don't realize it until Heaven.
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