To Be Truly Great
‘It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a God.’ Seneca
So in Seneca’s view there are two poignant points that equate to true greatness. So let’s look at them more closely.
1. The Frailty Of A Man
The longer I live the more I realize how fragile the human life really is. We can never tell when our time is up, or the number of years we have here on planet earth. When compared to the powers of nature’s force – such as wind, earthquake, rain, snow, or fire we are so puny, so insignificant in power to combat whatever mother earth decides to present to us.
For all man’s advancements in knowledge and technology we still reside within the mercies of the elements. We are but ants in an expansive planet that sits within the vastness of a far greater universe. Specks we are. Twinkling stars in a spatial arena that is beyond explanation. Our greatest strengths exhibited do not even register on the scale of weakness when compared to the rest of creation.
2. The Security Of A God
The Apostle Paul, one of the greatest apostles who ever lived, wrote that God said to him that God’s ’strength comes into its own in your weaknesses’.

