CQOD: 11/08/05 -- Barclay: belonging to God

Christian Quotation of the Day

November 8, 2005

Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England

Meditation:
    Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
    -- Matthew 20:25-28 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    It frequently happens that the value of a thing lies in the fact that someone has possessed it. A very ordinary thing acquires a new value, if it has been possessed by some famous person. In any museum we will find quite ordinary things—clothes, a walking-stick, a pen, pieces of furniture—which are only of value because they were possessed and used by some great person. It is the ownership which gives them worth. It is so with the Christian. The Christian may be a very ordinary person, but he acquires a new value and dignity and greatness because he belongs to God. The greatness of the Christian lies in the fact that he is God’s.
    ... William Barclay (1907-1978), The Letters of James and Peter [1976]

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I belong to you; teach me to be a servant.

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