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King Neb, "King Me," & King Jesus
King Nebuchadnezzar had some problems; one was understanding glory.
What it was and who had it topped the list.
Thousands of years later I was blissfully unaware I shared King Neb’s problem and fate.
Daniel 4 recounts how King Neb thought he was responsible for Babylon’s existence and glory.
King Neb thought his actions in building Babylon revealed that he was great.
This is how God responded to King Nebuchadnezzar,
After high school I wanted to become an Aeronautical Engineer and a Graphic Artist.
I thought these professions would make me important, respected and wealthy.
Most of the girls in my high school graduating class seemed to want to be social workers.
I thought that was stupid and that helping people was a waste of time.
There was no glory in that.
Neb and I had the same problem, a twisted sense of glory, and we received similar solutions from God.  Neb lost his mind for seven years.
I lost my mind for ten years.
When we were restored to sanity we were both very grateful to God.
And we now know that only God is great and worth giving our lives to.
But what is true greatness?
In ancient Babylon and now?
Deuteronomy 6:5, and Leviticus 19:18 are quoted by Jesus (who sacrificially loves and serves me and everyone and is my authority on greatness):
Jesus said that, Loving God and Loving People, are the most important things you can do.
People that do this are great to Jesus and people that don’t do this do not know what greatness is.
Jesus’ disciples were arguing who was the greatest among them.
Jesus took a small child and said to them, to be great you must be converted and become like this child.
And to be on the very top you must be a slave to all.
(My paraphrase)
Neb and I could not possibly have gone any more in the wrong direction.
Yet, Jesus loved us and humbled us with mental illness until we could think right.
Our culture pushes the pursuit of empty glory.
You don’t have to become mentally ill to know true glory.
Jesus invites you to voluntarily humble yourself and learn from him.
He is gentle and humble and will enable you to give and receive love.
And that is the only glory there is.
If you’re interested in reading how Jesus used Mental Illness to humble me and how far Jesus humbled himself to win me copy the below into your browser:
https://i-m-4-u.com/2017/11/04/broken-to-do-something/
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