Remember the story where we encounter obscurity as a young boy brings Jesus two fish and five loaves of bread to help feed the group of more than 5000 people:
…in none of the Gospels are We even given his name, and he is never mentioned again. Have you ever been asked in one of those small group ice-breaker questions, “What Bible story character would you like to be?” Would this be yours? Would you want to be “the young boy”? Would you be Willing to remain nameless, offering up your meager portion to your Savior, with no promise of return or guarantee of notoriety, but in complete obedience allow God to work His magic through your small “lunch”? That’s what embracing obscurity is all about: Being content with being “relatively unknown” so that Christ can he made more known. Temporarily going hungry, so that many more may be filled.
–Anonymous, in Embracing Obscurity
Ugh. My pride.
I don’t know about you, but my pride resists wanting to pick “the young boy” as the Bible character I’d want to be. The unknown, nameless one who offers all he has so that Jesus can be made more known…I mean I’m all for Jesus to be made more known through what I provide, BUT can’t I also be made more known in the process as well? That’s more along the lines of what I usually want. To get the pat on the back and be made known. I need God to keep helping me become a person of true humility this year.