The Desire to be Great
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 15 November 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Today as we continue our series looking at the desires of every heart, we’re going to take time to recognize and satisfy our desire to be great. The desire to be great within the heart of man has produced tremendous and terrible things. It’s produced peace and war, advancement and destruction. And as we look at this desire today, I pray that God reveals the purity and power of it as well as his plans to satisfy it moment by moment, day by day.
The main concept for this week is derived from The Seven Longings of the Human Heart by Mike Bickle and Deborah Hiebert.
Our Scripture for today comes from 1 Corinthians 2:9, and today's worship is Center Of All History by Steffany Gretzinger (feat. Matt Maher).
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| 0:00.0 | As we continue in our week of exploring the innate desires of every human heart, today |
| 0:10.5 | we'll dive into the desire to be great. |
| 0:13.9 | This is one of my favorite concepts to explore and unpack, and when we put it in its rightful |
| 0:19.0 | place, it can be such a catalyst for the glory of God. |
| 0:23.5 | Thanks for listening and welcome to the first 15 podcast. |
| 0:48.3 | Thank you. Our scripture for today comes from 1 Corinthians 2, verse 9, which says, What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, but God has prepared for those who love him. |
| 0:57.0 | As children, we dream of a life of adventure and impact. We pretend to be astronauts adventuring |
| 1:05.0 | into the unknown, police officers serving and seeking justice, or even a king rightly deserving respect from all in our kingdom. |
| 1:14.5 | No child ever dreams of doing something mundane or meaningless, but as we grow older, we accept |
| 1:20.6 | reality, that few ever attain what society deems the most respected and honorable professions. |
| 1:30.9 | We settle into mediocrity and work to attain greatness in whatever ways we can. We give our lives to a business, a social circle, |
| 1:37.1 | or even a church position, all in an attempt to fulfill our need to do something or be someone great. |
| 1:45.3 | The truth is that our desire to be great will never be satisfied |
| 1:49.4 | until we surrender our concept of greatness to the truth of Scripture. |
| 1:55.0 | Jesus tells us in Matthew 184, |
| 1:58.1 | whoever humbles himself is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. |
| 2:02.6 | And in Matthew 2026, he says, whoever would be great among you must be your servant. |
| 2:09.6 | You have a heavenly Father who longs to make you great in his sight. |
| 2:14.6 | He has a plan for you to be filled with eternal reward, significance, and satisfaction. |
| 2:20.3 | But that plane will cost you everything. |
| 2:23.3 | His plane is the exact opposite of the world. |
| 2:27.3 | To be eternally great is to lay down your life, |
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