God Will Make Your Name Great
Genesis 11 is the story of the Tower of Babel. The problem was not that they desired to make a tall building. Their problem is found at the end of verse 4, “let us make a name for ourselves”. Compare this to Genesis 12:2. Then end of verse 2 says, “I will bless you and make your name great”. We don’t have the right to make our name great, when we humble ourselves and follow God, He delights in making our name great. To many people pursue celebrity instead of God and that is a dangerous thing. The glory of anything we do for God belongs to God. It is important for us to learn this point. Jesus led by example. The Bible tells us that Jesus humbled himself as an example to us.
Philippians 2:5-9 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name;
Jesus was God and had the right to claim His divinity here on earth. But that was not His mission. His mission was to be an example and humble Himself to die for us. Why then do we think we have a right to exalt ourselves when Jesus humbled Himself? God has a plan for each person’s life. The only way you will find the greatness of God is to forsake all and follow God. That requires trust and humility. Abraham trusted God, laid down his reputation and let God build it for him. Some of our “christian celebrities” could learn from the heroes of our faith.
