Nobody Remembers

So what if no one remembers you? What if no one knows how great you are or your accomplishments? What if you plant a church or start a company that has a profound impact on people and no one knows who you are? What if the God who allowed you to accomplish much got all the credit?

Here is one of my favorite passages of scripture. It is found in Ecclesiastes 9:

¹³ I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me: ¹⁴ There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it. ¹⁵ Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.

Christ-followers need to be willing to go to the place or do the thing that God commands us to do, and put all of our energy into that. I think we should strive to make extraordinary impact on the places we live and move and have our being. I just think the motive should be so that everyone remembers a name that is higher than our own, and above all others.

Everyone Belongs,

Paul