Genesis 10:8-9 (NKJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, \u201cLike Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.\u201d \u2018<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n To not desire greatness, is not a sign of humility. The real issue about greatness is the rationale behind our desire for greatness. Nimrod became mighty on the earth. He became a mighty warrior on the earth\u2026but all this was done \u2018before the Lord\u2019. Nimrod was great but it was greatness in the presence of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We can seek God\u2019s greatness and to be of great influence on the earth but it must be for God\u2019s glory and in God\u2019s way. As Nimrod became a great hunter, we too can become great hunters, once the purpose and the pattern of hunting is the Lord. A lack of desire for greatness is a problem in itself, because such a life does not desire the influence that can be had for God\u2019s Kingdom. The real challenge of greatness is that once greatness has been achieved, the danger of pride and humility quickly step in and seek to destroy the purpose for which God granted greatness. Let\u2019s seek greatness in God\u2019s presence and let\u2019s pursue to remain in God\u2019s presence, after greatness has been achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018Lord, I want a lot of influence in my generation. I want to be great, before never outside of your presence. I seek the influence that can count for you, but I fear the dangers associated with greatness. If you know Lord that I wont be able to handle the distractions of greatness, then please don\u2019t bring it my way. But if under your grace, I can use personal greatness to enhance your Kingdom on earth without destroying myself, then Lord, bring it on in all its fullness. This I ask for, in Jesus name. Amen.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Genesis 10:8-9 (NKJV) \u2018Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, \u201cLike Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.\u201d \u2018 To not desire greatness, is not a sign of humility. The real issue about greatness is the rationale […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-genesis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Reflections-from-Genesis.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4928,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926\/revisions\/4928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}