Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”- Matt. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. So what are we called to do as Christians? Embrace obscurity or build platform? The reasons I blog, write, use social media, and build a platform have been made clearer to me through reading this book. The charts and discussion questions in this book streamlined my thought process towards a determination of whether I “suffer from a lack of self-confidence or an abundance of self-importance.”Īs a blogger and writer, I have wrestled with the message of this book…and it has been good. Anonymous defines significance, success, suffering, spotlight and more from a Biblical perspective. With ten topics to embrace, one per chapter, Mr. At the very core of this book, the author fully encourages a life of humility as we walk with Christ. Christians can appear to be as drunk with the dream achievement and admiration as the biggest Hollywood star. As American society and the world drive the demand to be known and recognized, the church (and Christians) follow suit. The introduction of the book begins with approaching the issue of the current trend towards being… simply more than we are. The point of that little reminder is that “even if we’re well known in our little bubbles of influence- we’re relatively unknown in the grand scheme of history.” A couple months ago, I received a request to review the book, “ Embracing Obscurity: Becoming Nothing in Light of God’s Everything.” The book is self-proclaimed as “a call to stop imitating the world’s formula for success, and instead follow a different model: That of our humble King.” It is intriguing in that the author has made himself anonymous because he feels he could not “reconcile the message while simultaneously promoting myself, so I’ve chosen to take up the challenge of my own obscurity.”Įach human is not just one in a million.
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