Embracing Obscurity: Becoming Nothing in Light of God’s Everything

by Anonymous

This isn’t an easy pill to swallow. The simple fact is that we like to view every setback through the lens of inevitable success: “Rejected again? That’s okay. It will only sound that much better when I’m famous to have had such humble beginnings.” Or “Yeah, she dumped me, but I know God has someone even better lined up down the road.” “I’m broke now, but God is only teaching me to manage my money wisely now so He can trust me with more later.” Or, to paraphrase a popular blog post I read this morning, “My time in the ‘waiting room’ of life is just a season of growth and development, getting me ready for my moment on the stage.” We comfort ourselves with this kind of self-talk because it’s far more soothing than the thought of suffering for the sole purpose of God’s glory or—heaven forbid—having to embrace obscurity indefinitely.