Greatness and significance... are they the same thing? Perhaps many are confused about what they seek in life.

Greatness isn't the path that every person is called to tread upon. It is a perilous path, for while greatness in itself speaks of an amoral state of existence, the love of greatness unleashes a journey into the kingdom of lust for power. Many reside there and drown in the currents of power. In desiring greatness, they desire power to lord it over others. But in loving greatness, they are themselves more imprisoned than they have ever been. Greatness isn't to be desired.

But significance is something else. The desire for significance is an innate inclination within every human heart. It speaks of a longing to be known, to be loved, and to love. There is nothing wrong in desiring to be significant. It has nothing to do with greed or the desire for power. It is simply about our state of createdness; it is about being made in the image of the God who himself desires to be known and to know us.

The human journey is about discerning the difference between greatness and significance. The sooner we learn that our quest is for significance rather than greatness, the sooner we find a sense of centredness within the depths of our souls. But when one is confused between the two, the desire for greatness inevitably triumphs.

He who desires greatness seeks subjects. But he who desires significance seeks friends.