Thought for January 28

[Thompson, Darryl]

     In the estimation of Heaven, what is it that constitutes greatness?
Not that which the world accounts greatness; not wealth, or rank, or
noble descent, or intellectual gifts, in themselves considered. If
intellectual greatness, apart from any higher consideration, is worthy
of honor, then our homage is due to Satan, whose intellectual power no
man has ever equaled. But when perverted to self-serving, the greater
the gift, the greater curse it becomes. It is moral worth that God
values. Love and purity are the attributes He prizes most.... Unselfish
joy in the ministry of Christ presents the highest type of nobility ever
revealed in man. Desire of Ages, p. 219