Nor is our feeling of smallness when titans on the world stage come to rhetorical (hopefully not physical) blows. Perhaps we feel like the pitiful peasants of old—the seemingly forgotten nobodies who never made it into the history books. Perhaps our best course of action is to cheer on Musk as he challenges Maduro’s legitimacy.
But, for the Christian, there is something else to consider. All the “great men” of this world will come under judgment because all men come under His rule. And all of us have significance. Each of us is made in the image of God and will have an eternal destiny, either inside or outside the kingdom of heaven, which has a very different understanding of greatness than the world. The wise, whether great or small, will trust in Him, lean not on their own understanding, and acknowledge Him in all their ways. No matter how weird the world may get, that’s the only way forward.
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St. Jude's Anglican Church
We are a parish of the Reformed Episcopal Church. We have been worshiping together in the greater Richmond area for over a decade. We’d love to have you join us for Christian worship in the rich Anglican tradition.
