Last Sunday evening I was leading a small home group in the video series, The Truth Project. The session was on History and talked a lot about historical revisionism. One section caught my attention, a quote from the Pilgrim leader, William Brewster.
"Lastly, and which was not least, a great hope and inward zeal they had of laying some good foundation, or at least to make someway thereunto, for the promoting and advancing of the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in those remote parts of the world; yea, though they should be but even as stepping-stones unto others for the performing of so great a work."
The idea of stepping stones, that those men and women who were our forefathers in this land of freedom, were willing to be as nothing more than a path for future generations, not regarding themselves as the main characters in God's continuing story, but only being the enablers of those in that future that would seek to walk after God. They did not want to put their names on their stones so that people might know them and their contribution, but were satisfied to be unknown helpers to those who came after.
Romans 12 begins with these words: 12:1 "Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service."
A living sacrifice, a way of living that places others ahead of myself, willing to take on a very minor role in the story of God in history for the benefit of those who come later. Not looking for my name to be associated with something great, but to be content to be unknown for His sake.
Stepping stones.
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