There is a longing in all of us—or most of us at least—to rise above obscurity and to be known for our greatness. Even Christians can long to be among the great. This is the subject of this little excerpt from Matthew Redmond’s The God of the Mundane.
There are two kinds of pastors, in the main: those who speak at conferences with green rooms* (I’m not kidding; they have green rooms—with spring water, I guess) and those who want to do so. The men who led our churches into faithfulness have little gremlins tugging at their ego, telling them they are not doing anything special unless they are being distinguished.
How could they possibly have any other message besides one in which the listener walks away with the purpose of doing something special to change the world? All for the glory of God.
I mean, who would want to be a person no one has ever heard of? What kind of person just goes about their business in this rock-star culture? What pastor or pew-sitter wants to remain nameless, living in year-in and year-out obscurity—especially when fame and reputation and notoriety are ripe for the
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