" In our way of thinking, “we are tempted to say, ‘I will take the larger place because it will give me more influence for Jesus Christ.’” But Jesus teaches us that we should determine to take the lower place unless the Lord himself “extrudes us” into the larger one.22 We are tempted to take up something “big” in our eyes or in the eyes of others for his name and lose sight of him altogether. Not "

― Zack Eswine , The Imperfect Pastor: Discovering Joy in Our Limitations through a Daily Apprenticeship with Jesus