Greatness in Overalls.

It says of both John the Baptist and Jesus that they were great in the sight of the Lord. Though certainly not in the eyes of the world, God visualized them as such. In their case, greatness was in the eyes of the beholder.

The lesser is not necessarily void of greatness. In fact it can be equal. “God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night.” When Jacob blessed Pharaoh, carnality saw only the lesser blessing the greater. But the spiritual eye saw the opposite.

We need to be couscous as Christians that we do not equate greatness with position. It’s not rank, but relationship that determines greatness with God. As C.S. Lewis says, “One is sometimes (not often) glad not to be a great theologian; one might easily mistake it for being a good Christian.” Greatness and goodness do not always walk in the same shoes.

I’ve seen greatness in overalls behind a plow, in an apron washing dishes, and in a thousand and one other disguises that the world does not, and cannot, perceive. It would be well for each of us who profess to be God’s kin, to remember that the lesser in His Kingdom is the greater.