When someone often speaks of the word "greatest" it is always compared to natural accomplishments that are accompanied by materialist items such as cars, expensive homes, and lavish living. My hope is to display what it really means to be viewed as "greatest" and that tangible items gives the proper definition of this word absolutely no value.
When examining the life of many leaders in the Bible, it is greatly illuminated what it takes to wear a title of that caliber. Let's take the Apostle Paul for example, when Paul operated under the name of Saul he killed many people who served God. But one day, Paul's time as being a servant to sin expired and God called his name. The Bible lets us know that as Saul was traveling to Damascus a bright light surrounded him coming from Heaven. The Lord spoke directly to Saul – Acts 9:4 "… Saul, Saul, why persecutes thou me"? From that day forward, life for Saul, whose name was later changed to Paul, was never the same. He became a fearless man of God. Paul was considered as one that was born out of due season, but out of the twenty-seven books in the New Testament, Paul attributed to thirteen of them. To some, reading Paul's resume and learning all the harm he had done to God's people redemption would seem impossible. That's why we glorify God for grace and mercy because those factors see beyond the filth and zooms in on the gold.
I, like Paul, did deplorable things as I dipped and dodged the calling that God had upon my life. As God began to do a transformation in my life, many couldn't see the good, for focusing on my past. But I am so glad that God doesn't look at what we come from, He looks at where He can take us. Through this book, I plan to use the lives of influential Biblical figures who were viewed as being the least, but God elevated to the greatest. I will also use various parts of my life as an illustration of how tough things can get in our way on this journey, but how it' imperative that we continue to strive faithfully in God, holding fast to one of my favorite sayings, "Pay Day is Coming After While".