We desperately crave to be significant. We want to feel significant. We want others to think of us as significant. But God isn’t interested in us feeling significant. He wants us to realize that HE is the only one truly significant. He wants us to become completely obedient to Him so that others see just how glorious and significant He is.
…we want our lives to count, to have great results, to focus on the end instead of the means.
But we need to move:
from the pursuit of significance in our lives
to the pursuit of simple obedience to the things of God.
The pursuit of significance feeds our selfish nature, our pride, our egos.
The pursuit of simple obedience to God in all things starves the self-ego.
While the pursuit of significance promises self-fulfillment,
the simple obedience is the action that actually provides it.
When we pursue action for God instead of results, we will find ourselves giving help and aid to all we encounter with no expectation of results. “What we enjoy, after being released from the need for significance, is the sweetness of the obedience. Finding one’s purpose comes not from the results of service but from the act of obedience.”
The means are more important than the end.
The journey more important than the destination.
–David Goetz
We must be careful about pursuing significance, because it leads to selfishness and arrogance, whereas obedience to God which shows how significant He is will actually help us to find the fulfillment in life we all desire!