Have you ever considered that Jesus was rather famous person of his day? The Bible says that everywhere.He went a large crowds followed. But look who was in those crowds. No crew from TV Patrol in sight. Just ordinary folks lined up to see Him, sometimes by the thousands. Jesus’ crowds tended to be made up of the hurting, the discouraged, the ill and weak and handicapped and wayward and forgotten. All of them longed to get close to Him, to touch Him, to hear Jesus say those words of life. Of course, Jesus’ real fame is still to come. The bible says that.

God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow…and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the God the Father. (Philippians 2:9-11)

That’s fame beyond our wildest imagination. Every person who has breath will declare Jesus as Lord and King, the bible says.

We all have ferocious inborn desire to on the spotlight. We express this desire in different ways. Shy people may not want to stand front and center. But by nature they’re no less driven to get affirmation and attention. Oi, we all want our world to revolve around us…somehow.

But our new life in Christ calls us to something radically different and better-to make Jesus, and only Him, famous in our life.

You and I were not created for our own fame. We were created to give it all to God and to put ourselves in the background.  The spirit of God is at work in me continually shows that what I really need is less and less of Jonas and more and more of Christ.

–Chris Tomlin