Which “John” are you…
Have you ever heard of John Hart? … John Morton?… John Witherspoon?… John Penn?… uhhhhhhhh…me either! What about John Hancock?…of course! The guy with the BIG signature who famously said (probably did not happen) when signing the Declaration of Independence “There I guess King George can read that”.
It turns out the size of his signature seems due to the fact that he was the first of the signers and given the open space took a bit more than his allotment! History will forever remember that signature – John Hancock had left his mark so to speak. In life there is a part of us that wants to leave a big signature, our mark on the world no one will forget, but as followers of Christ our calling is to make His name unforgettable and so the struggle.
Back to my list of “Johns”… you know: Hart, Morton, Witherspoon, & Penn…it turns out they are all signers of the Declaration of Independence too (go ahead and look it up!). I like that picture.. we get to leave our mark, our signature, but our mark is only truly meaningful if the name of Jesus is largest of all.
What about you…does your name have to be biggest…when people look at the “Declaration” of our lives whose signature do they notice?
