It is not having that makes men great. A man may have the largest abundance of God’s gifts — of money, of mental acquirements, of power, of heart-possessions and qualities — yet if he only holds and hoards what he has for himself, he is not great. Men are great only in the measure in which they use what they have to bless others. We are God’s stewards, and the gifts that come to us are his, not ours, and are to be used for him as he would use them. When we come to Christ’s feet in consecration, we lay all we have before him. He accepts our gifts; and then putting them back into our hands he says, “Go now and use them in my name among the people.”