Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts:
I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.
(Isaiah 44.6
NRSV)
There is a fascinating story that comes from the days following World War II. Once Hitler was
known to be dead, no architect of Nazism was hunted more doggedly by Allied intelligence
than Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler. After the fall of Germany he and two of his adjutants did
their best to melt away, disguising themselves as members of the Secret Field Police.
Himmler's disguise was a good one--he shaved off his mustache and wore a black
eyepatch--but Herr Himmler's vanity proved his undoing. He could not bear to dress himself in
the uniform of a mere private and chose instead that of a sergeant. Allied forces had
instructions to arrest all members of the Secret Field Police, beginning with the rank of
sergeant. But for his vanity, Himmler might have escaped but he could not bear being only a
private.
What difference does it make if you are a private or a sergeant? For some people it makes all
the difference in the world. We have a competitive part of our nature that does not enjoy being
number 2.
For those who truly know God, there can only be one number one.
Dear God, help me to make you always first in my life. Amen.
Ron
Newhouse
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