SOCIALLY INSIGNIFICANT

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) wrote, “Christ willed to be the socially insignificant one. The fact that he descended from heaven to take upon himself the form of a servant is not an accidental something which now is to be thrust into the background and forgotten. No, every true follower of Christ must express existentially the very same thing… that insignificance and offense are inseparable from being a Christian. As soon as the least bit of worldly advantage is gained by preaching, or following Christ, then the fox is in the chicken house.”

The Kingdom of God is not for those with “rock star” mentality and need. It is for the hidden, humble lovers of God and mankind. It is almost counter-intuitive to the American dream to be socially insignificant but it is very Kingdom intuitive to only care that Jesus knows our name. It is a real wake-up call to realize corrupt worldly advantage from following Jesus… when and if it happens indeed “the fox is in the chicken house.”

“Remember the word that I said to you: “A servant is not greater than his master.” If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.” Jesus