A Reflection On Greatness

When I need to become like a child

Have you learned that status in the Kingdom of God is an inverted version of status in the world? The first will be last and the last first (Matthew 20:16). Those who wish to rule must serve (Matthew 20:26). And the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven has aspired to the humility of . . . well, just a child. Aspire to greatness—the greatness of being discounted like a child. It’s the way up in the Kingdom.

Anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 18:4