Greatness Glitters

To some extent, we all want to do great things, and as Christians, we want to do great things for God. The further we travel, the more we spend, the deeper the sacrifice, the more people saved—the better. We look up to people who do those big things for God.

Then we look at what we do. It seems so small. So trivial. And no one notices.

Naaman had that attitude. In 2 Kings 5, Elisha told him to wash in the Jordan River seven times to be cured of his leprosy. Take a bath? That's all? It wasn't bi...