The persistent mantra of the Western world, even within the church, is a barrage of self-inflation: “You are more important than you ever dreamed. God has a tailor-made destiny for you and wants to use your life for great things!” Of course, there’s a lot of truth in that. However, in the face of that nonstop reminder, I am deeply comforted in remembering that I popped into a story where I’m not playing the lead. I’m an extra in the background of a single scene in a narrative that is grander, more complex, and more redemptive than I could fathom. This is a story about God. He is the lead, at
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