Thought Provoking...

While studying the Book of Daniel, I started thinking about "doing great things."
Word Biblical Commentary offers wisdom worthy of our meditation: "there is nothing inherently wrong about 'doing great things', but the expression is only used in an unequivocally good sense of God; of human beings it tends to suggest arrogance, or at least achievement at someone else's expense-mostly achievement that presages calamity."
My thought: the point of our being here is for God to use us for His greatness.
My suggestion: Pray for God to do great things. Our lives are meant to bear much fruit, but asking God to bear much fruit in us to His glory differs from asking God to make us do great things.
Think about this: when you pass an orchard that is bearing fruit, you shouldn't say,"behold, what great things these trees have done!" They are doing what they are created to do. Your life as well as mine will be lived greater and be more influential if we simply ask God to empower us to do that which we were created for.