When Manny "Pacman" Paquiao of the Philippines knocked down the Bristish boxing legend Ricky Hatton in their bout last May 2, 2009, in a couple of minutes in Las Vegas, Nevada, people proclaimed him the world's greatest pound for pound boxer. His victory over Hatton was celebrated by the whole of the Filipino Nation.
Looking at how the world's proclamation on the greatness of a person, it seems that one is considered great if one has the money, the power, the fame and the name. That's why the world has given a lot of titles to individuals such as, the mos powerful man, the richest man, the most influential person and the like.
This is not so in God's standard. When Jesus disciples approached him and said, "who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"(Mt. 18: 1) Jesus told them, "unless you turn and become like little children you will not enter the kingdom of heaven." (Mt. 18:3)
What the Lord was trying to tell us is that, that the childlike attitude in us and not our childishness that lead us to the kingdom of heaven.
Let us then imitate the humility of child so that we become part of the heavenly family of God.
