I WAS WATCHING TELEVISION THE OTHER DAY AND I SAW A VERY INTERESTING RECRUITING COMMERCIAL THAT WAS BEING RUN BY THE USCG.
FOR EXAMPLE THERE IS ONE WHERE SOME YOUNG TEENAGERS ARE HIKING ALONG A RIVER BANK, AND ONE OF THEM DROPS HIS KNAPSACK INTO THE RIVER, IT FLOATS DOWN THE RIVER, AND THEN FALLS OFF A WATERFALL ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET. AT THAT MOMENT, ONE OF THE BOYS, WITH NO HESITATION WHAT SO EVER, JUMPS OFF THE CLIFF INTO THE WATER, THE SCENE FAST FORWARDS A FEW YEARS, AND NOW SHOWS THIS SAME YOUNG MAN, ON A RESCUE MISSION, JUMPING OUT OF A HELICOPTER, INTO THE OCEAN TO SAVE SOMEONE’S LIFE. THEN THE COMMERCIAL SAY’S COAST GUARD, WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.
ANOTHER COMMERCIAL SHOWS A FAMILY FRANTICALLY TRYING TO GET TO SAFETY AS A VIOLENT STORM AND TORNADO IS APPROACHING THEIR HOUSE, IT’S SHOWS THEM LOOKING FOR THEIR YOUNG DAUGHTER WHO THEY CANNOT SEEM TO FIND, AND THEN THE FATHER LOOKS OUT INTO
THE YARD, AND SEES HER, STANDING IN THE FRONT YARD, JUST LOOKING AT AND FASCINATED BY THE APPROACHING STORM AND TORNADO, FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS, AND IT SHOWS THIS SAME YOUNG LADY, WORKING IN A HIGH TECH WEATHER TRACKING STATION, THEN IT SAYS, COAST GUARD, WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.
IF I DIDN’T KNOW ANY BETTER, I’D SAY THAT IN MAKING THOSE COMMERCIALS, THAT SOMEONE HAD BEEN READING THEIR BIBLE.
I SAY THIS BECAUSE THE BIBLE TELLS US, THAT IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. AND AS WE KNOW FROM THE GENESIS ACCOUNT, GOD WENT IN ORDER MAKING AND CREATING EVERYTHING THAT WAS NEEDED IN THE EARTH, BEFORE HE CREATED MAN.
AND ONE THING THAT HE DID THAT PARTICULARLY DRAWS MY ATTENTION IS IN GEN 1:12 WHEN THE EARTH BROUGHT FORTH GRASS AND THE HERB YEILDING SEED AFTER HIS KIND, AND THE TREE YIELDING FRUIT, WHOSE SEED WAS IN ITSELF, AFTER HIS KIND: AND GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD.
I SAY THAT THIS PASSAGE DREW MY ATTENTION BECAUSE IT IS HERE, WHERE WE GET TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE GREATNESS COMES FROM.
GOD BROUGHT FORTH HERBS, TREES, AND FRUIT, AND WITHIN THESE HERBS, TREES AND FRUIT, WERE SEEDS, AND THESE SEEDS, WERE NOTHING MORE THAN POTENTIAL.
WEBSTER’S DEFINES THE WORD POTENTIAL AS: SOMETHING THAT HAS POWER, SOMETHING THAT CAN, BUT HAS NOT YET COME INTO BEING, SOMETHING THAT IS POSSIBLE, BUT IS YET UNREALIZED, OR UNDEVELOPED.
THE SEED, IS POTENTIAL GREATNESS.
IF THE SEED NEVER REACHED IT’S POTENTIAL, WE COULD NEVER BE ABLE TO SAVOR THE SWEETNESS OF AN ORANGE, PINEAPPLE, OR A MANGO,
IF THE SEED, HAD NEVER REACHED IT’S POTENTIAL, WE COULD NEVER BEHOLD THE BEAUTY OF THE MIGHTY OAK, OR REDWOOD TREES, OR SMELL THE SCENT OF A ROSE OR A HONEYSUCKLE, LILY .
IF THE SEED DID NOT REACH IT’S POTENTIAL, WE WOULD NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GREEN GRASS, AND WEEDS.
IF THE SEED HAD NOT REACHED IT’S POTENTIAL, WE WOULD NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT GREENS, CARROTS, OR CORN.
GOD CREATED THESE THINGS TO ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL GREATNESS, IN THEIR DUE SEASONS BY THE CULTIVATION OF THEIR SEEDS, OR POTENTIAL.
AND GOD DID NOT JUST STOP THERE, HE APPLIED THIS SAME CONCEPT WHEN HE CREATED THE ANIMALS, AND I’M SO GLAD HE DID, BECAUSE IF GOD HAD NOT CREATED THE CHICKEN, HAD GOD NOT CREATED THE PIG, AMEN, COWS, AND FISH.
THANK GOD FOR HIS OMNIPOTENCE, TO KNOW, THAT THOUSANDS OF YEARS LATER, THERE WOULD BE SOME FOLK WHO WOULD APPRECIATE HIS GOOD WORKS.
BUT, LOOKING AT THIS ACCOUNT OF CREATION, WE ALSO SEE THAT GOD APPLIED THIS EXACT SAME PRINCIPLE WHEN HE MADE MAN, VERSE 26 OF CHAPTER 1 SAYS AND GOD SAID, LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, AFTER OUR LIKENESS,
NOW WATCH THIS, AFTER GOD SAID LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, AFTER OUR LIKENESS, HE SAID AND LET THEM HAVE DOMINION OVER THE FISH OF THE SEA, AND OVER THE FOWL OF THE AIR, AND OVER THE CATTLE, AND OVER ALL THE EARTH, AND OVER EVERY CREEPING THING THAT CREEPETH UPON THE EARTH.
HERE GOD SPOKE FIRST, THE GREATNESS FULFILLED THAT MAN WAS TO ACHIEVE.
NOW IN GEN CHAPTER TWO VERSE 7 WATCH THIS CLOSELY NOW, IT SAY’S THAT THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND, AND BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE; AND MAN BECAME A LIVING SOUL.
YOU SEE CHURCH, GOD SPOKE THE SCOPE AND MAGNITUDE OF YOUR GREATNESS, ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT HE PUT THE POTENTIAL OR ABILITY TO ACHIEVE THAT GREATNESS ON THE INSIDE OF YOU WHEN HE BREATHED INTO YOU THE BREATH OF LIFE.
ECCLESIASTES 3 TELLS US: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
AND I DECLARE THIS MORNING MY BROTHERS, AND MY SISTERS, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT HAPPENED IN YOUR LIVES UP TO THIS POINT, YOU NEED TO MAKE UP IN YOUR MINDS THAT NO MATTER WHAT, 2006 IS GOING TO BE YOUR YEAR, YOU NEED TO REALIZE THAT AS YOU STAND ON THIS FIRST DAY OF 2006, THAT YOU ARE STANDING AT THE EDGE OF GREATNESS, THAT YOU ARE STANDING AT THE EDGE OF A BREAKTHROUGH, THAT YOU ARE STANDING AT THE EDGE OF A BLESSING FROM GOD!!!.
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION, HOW MANY OF YOU MADE A NEW YEARS RESOLUTION THIS YEAR? HOW MANY OF YOU MADE ONE LAST YEAR, THAT YOU DIDN’T KEEP? MOST NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS NORMALLY FALL INTO ONE OF FOUR CATEGORIES,
IT EITHER INVOLVES, IMPROVING YOUR HEALTH, JOB STATUS, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, OR FINANCIAL SITUATIONS, ALL OF WHICH ARE JUST FINE, BUT, I OFTEN WONDER, JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE MAKE A RESOLUTION TO GET CLOSER TO CHRIST,
I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY MAKE A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT JESUS THE CHRIST AS THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR.
I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY MAKE A RESOLUTION TO STRIVE TO LIVE HOLY, AND DISCOVER THE GREATNESS THAT LIES WITHIN THEM.
I SAY THIS BECAUSE, ONCE YOU ACCEPT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, THEN YOU WILL BE ON THE ROAD TO DISCOVERING THE GREATNESS THAT IS WITHIN YOU.
FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD ARE DYING WITH SEEDS OF GREATNESS INSIDE OF THEM, NEVER GIVEN THE CHANCE TO FULLY DEVELOP, FAR TOO MANY OF OUR PEOPLE ARE SPENDING THEIR LIVES WASTING THEIR POTENTIAL ON THINGS THAT WILL ONLY DESTROY THEM IN THE END.
BUT, IF YOU GIVE YOUR LIFE OVER TO GOD, THEN YOU CAN BE GUARANTEED THAT YOUR LIFE WILL BE IN GOOD HANDS. I SAY THIS BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE MAXIMUM GREATNESS
OR POTENTIAL OF A THING, YOU MUST FIRST CONSULT THE BUILDER OF IT.
FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU BUY A CAR, AND YOU WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING IT DOES, YOU READ THE OWNERS MANUAL.
SO IT’S THE SAME THING WITH GOD, IF YOU WANT TO DISCOVER YOUR FULL POTENTIAL AND GREATNESS, YOU NEED TO TURN YOUR LIFE OVER TO THE ONE WHO CREATED YOU, AND LET GOD GUIDE YOU INTO FULFILLING YOUR DESTINY AND PURPOSE.
OK, PREACHER, NOW I HAVE A QUESTION, SO LET’S SAY THAT I GET SAVED, LET’S SAY THAT I ACCEPT CHRIST INTO MY LIFE, NOW, WHAT IS IT THAT I HAVE TO DO TO GET ME TO THE POINT WHERE I’M STANDING AT THE EDGE OF GREATNESS?
I BELIEVE, THIS MORNING CHURCH WE MAY FIND AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, AS WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT OUR TEXT.
ALTHOUGH THIS BOOK OF ACTS, WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY LUKE, GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE DAY OF PENTECOST, WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME INTO THE UPPER ROOM, THE MAJORITY OF THE BOOK OF ACTS, CONCENTRATES ON THE CALL AND MINISTRY OF THE APOSTLE PAUL.
BUT, IT IS HERE, ON THIS DAY OF PENTECOST IN CHAPTER TWO, IN WHICH PETER’S SEASON HAS COME, AND HERE WE FIND PETER IN CHAPTER 2 VERSE 14, STANDING AT THE EDGE OF GREATNESS.
THE BIBLE LIST THE NAMES OF THE TWELVE DISCIPLES FOUR TIMES, AND EACH TIME IT IS PETER, WHOSE NAME APPEARS FIRST. IT WAS PETER, WHO WAS THE LEADER, WHETHER HE KNEW IT OR NOT AT THE TIME, OF THE TWELVE DISCIPLES, IT WaS PETER, WHO WAS CLOSEST TO JESUS FOR
THE THREE YEARS OF HIS MINISTRY, IT WAS PETER, WHO WAS BEING TRAINED, AND SHAPED BY JESUS HIMSELF, FOR THIS VERY MOMENT, WHEN HE WOULD BE STANDING ON THE EDGE OF GREATNESS.
NOW PETER, LIKE ALL OF US, STARTED OUT WITH NOTHING BUT A SEED INSIDE, NOTHING BUT THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME GREAT, UNCULTIVATED, AND UNTRAINED.
PETER’S OCCUPATION WAS THAT OF A FISHERMAN, AND JUST LIKE THE POTENTIAL THAT WAS RECOGNIZED IN THE LITTLE BOY AND GIRL FROM THE COAST GUARD COMMERCIALS, JESUS RECOGNIZED THE POTENTIAL THAT WAS IN PETER, AND SAID I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN.
NOW THE BIBLE LET’S US KNOW THAT PETER WAS A LITTLE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES, HE WAS A VERY IMPULSIVE MAN, HE WAS ALWAYS
QUICK TO ACT, AND SPEAK, WITHOUT THINKING FIRST. EACH TIME BRINGING CHASTISEMENT AND CORRECTION FROM JESUS.
BUT IN ALL, NO OTHER DISCIPLE WAS PRAISED MORE HIGHLY OF BY JESUS THAN PETER,
NO OTHER DISCIPLE HAD EVER BEEN CORRECTED MORE THAN PETER,
NO OTHER DISCIPLE HAD BEEN REBUKED AS MUCH AS PETER
NO OTHER DISCIPLE WAS TALKED TO MORE THAN PETER,
AND NO OTHER DISCIPLE BOLDLY CONFESSED CHRIST MORE THAN PETER.
PETER WAS JUST AS ORDINARY AS ANY ONE OF US, BUT IT TOOK THE LOVE AND POWER OF JESUS, TO BRING OUT THE GREATNESS THAT WAS INSIDE OF HIM.
BUT DURING THIS PROCESS, WHEN JESUS ASKED THE QUESTION “WHOM DO MEN SAY THAT I THE SON OF MAN AM? IT WAS PETER WHO SAID THOU ART THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD,
IT WAS PETER WHO SAID THAT HE WOULD NEVER DENY JESUS, YET HE TURNED AROUND AND DENIED HIM NOT ONCE, BUT THREE TIMES,
AND WHEN JESUS WAS ARRESTED, IT WAS PETER WHO STOOD UP FOR JESUS, READY TO FIGHT, AND CUT OFF THE SERVANT OF THE HIGH PRIEST EAR.
ALL OF THIS TO SHOW THAT WHEN PETER, JUST LIKE MANY OF US, LET GOD USE HIM, HE HAD BOLDNESS AND MADE GOOD DECISIONS, BUT WHEN HE YIELDED TO THE WILL OF MAN, HE MADE BAD DECISIONS.
MANY OF US TODAY ARE STANDING AT THE EDGE OF GREATNESS ON THIS FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR, AND THE ONLY THING THAT CAN STOP YOU FROM ACHIEVING THAT GREATNESS THAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR YOUR LIVES, IS YOUR RELUCTANCE TO ACT ON WHAT YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD BE DOING.
IF YOU HAVE NOT ACCEPTED THE LORD JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT’S WHAT YOU SHOULD DO, DO IT BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR YEAR,
IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD BE STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS, DO IT, THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR YEAR,
IF GOD HAS PLACED MUSIC IN YOUR HEART, START SINGING, CAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR YEAR,
IF GOD HAS GIVEN YOU THE DESIRE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, REGISTER AND GO BACK TO SCHOOL, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR YEAR.
JUST LIKE PETER, HERE IN THIS SECOND CHAPTER OF ACTS, ON THIS DAY OF PENTECOST, AFTER THE HOLY GHOST HAD FELL UPON THE MULTITUDE, PETER, I CAN IMAGINE, WAS PROBABLY THINKING ABOUT THE TIME JESUS TOLD HIM; THOU ART PETER, AND UPON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH; AND THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT.
HE MAY NOT HAVE UNDERSTOOD IT BACK THEN, BUT I BELIEVE THAT ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY, SOMETHING ON THE INSIDE OF PETER SAID, THIS IS THE PLACE PETER, AND NOW IS THE TIME,
OUT OF ALL OF THE CHAOS THAT WAS GOING ON AT THE MOMENT, OUR TEXT TELLS US, BUT PETER, BUT PETER, COMMA,
SINGLING HIM OUT AS THE LEADER, SINGLING HIM OUT AS THE ONE WHO MADE THIS CRITICAL DECISION,
BUT PETER, STANDING UP WITH THE ELEVEN, YOU SEE CHURCH, THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO DO TO STEP INTO GREATNESS, IS TO TAKE A STAND, WHETHER IN YOUR MIND OR PHYSICALLY, YOU MUST FIRST TAKE
A STAND. THEN IT SAYS HE LIFTED UP HIS VOICE AND SAID UNTO THEM. YOU SEE MY BROTHERS, AND SISTERS, ONCE YOU’VE TAKEN A STAND, YOU CANT BE AFRAID TO LIFT YOUR VOICES, AND PROCLAIM THE GREATNESS OF GOD IN YOUR LIVES.
HERE IN OUR TEXT, AS PETER STANDS, THE PREVIOUS VERSE 13, TELLS US THAT THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE IN THE CROWD WHO THOUGHT THAT PETER AND THE REST WERE DRUNK, WITH WINE. AND AS PETER STOOD UP AND STARTED TO SPEAK, CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE, OH, I CAN IMAGINE THAT SOMEONE IN THE CROWD, RECOGNIZING HIM AS SIMON THE FISHERMAN, SAID SHUT UP, AND SIT DOWN,
BUT I CAN IMAGINE PETER SAYING; LOOK, YOU CAN’T JUDGE ME FROM MY PAST, 2005 IS OVER, IT’S A BRAND NEW YEAR, A BRAND NEW START, AND A BRAND NEW ME.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN’T JUDGE ME AT ALL, BECAUSE IF YOU’D HAD SEEN, WHAT I’VE SEEN, IF YOU’D HAD HEARD, WHAT I’VE HEARD, IF YOU’D HAD WALKED, WHERE I’VE WALKED, IF YOU’D HAD FELT, WHAT I’VE FELT,
BECAUSE I’VE SEEN, THE HEAVENS OPENED, AND THE SPIRIT LIKE A DOVE,
I’VE HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING, THOU ART MY BELOVED SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED,
I’VE SEEN JESUS, HEAL THE SICK,
I’VE HEARD, JESUS SAY DAUGHTER, THY FAITH HAS MADE THEE WHOLE,
I’VE SEEN, JESUS RAISE LAZARUS FROM THE GRAVE,
I’VE SEEN, HIM TURN WATER INTO WINE,
I’VE SEEN, JESUS FEED FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE WITH TWO FISH, AND FIVE LOAVES OF BREAD,
I’VE WALKED WITH JESUS FOR THREE LONG YEARS, AND BESIDES JESUS, I’M THE ONLY OTHER MAN WHO KNOWS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, TO WALK ON WATER,
AND I’VE HEARD, THAT SATAN WANTED TO SIFT ME AS WHEAT,
BUT ON THIS DAY, I’VE HEARD, A SOUND FROM HEAVEN AS OF A RUSHING MIGHTY WIND,
I’VE SEEN CLOVEN TONGUES LIKE AS OF FIRE,
I FELT, THE HOLY GHOST, AS HE QUICKENED MY SPIRIT,
OH YES, TO YOU, I MIGHT LOOK DRUNK ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT ON THE INSIDE I’M FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST,
YOU CANT’ JUDGE ME FROM THE OUTSIDE, BECAUSE I HAVE GREATNESS, ON THE INSIDE, AND GREATER IS HE, THAT IS WITHIN ME, THAN HE, WHO IS IN THE WORLD.
JUST LIKE JESUS, WHEN HE WAS BORN, HE WAS JUST A BABY ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT ON THE INSIDE, HE WAS THE LAMB OF GOD,
HE WAS JUST A CHILD ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT HE WAS THE ROSE OF SHARON ON THE INSIDE,
ON THE OUTSIDE, HE WAS JUST A TWELVE YEAR OLD BOY, BUT ON THE INSIDE, HE WAS ABOUT HIS FATHERS BUSINESS,
ON THE OUTSIDE, ALL THEY SAW WAS A LOWLY CARPENTER, BUT ON THE INSIDE, HE WAS THE LORD OF LORDS, AND THE KING OF KINGS,
AND I HEARD, THE CROWD YELL CRUCIFY HIM!
AND I HEARD THE SOUND OF THE HAMMER PUTTING THE NAILS IN HIS HANDS,
I SAW, THEM HANG HIM HIGH, AND STRETCH HIM WIDE,
I HEARD HIM SAY FATHER FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO,
I SAW, WHEN JESUS, HUNG HIS HEAD AND DIED,
AND I WATCHED, AS THEY LAID HIM IN A BORROWED TOMB,
AND THREE DAYS LATER, I WENT INTO THE TOMB, AND I SAW, FOR MYSELF, THAT HE HAD RISEN,
I SAW, FOR MYSELF THAT JESUS HAD NOW, STEPPED INTO GREATNESS,
I SAW, FOR MYSELF THAT HE NOW HAD ALL POWER IN HIS HAND.
BUT I ALSO, HEARD HIM SAY, THAT IF YOU BELIEVE ON HIM, GREATER WORKS WILL YOU DO.
AND AS YOU STAND HERE THIS MORNING NEW WEEPING MARY, ON THIS FIRST DAY OF A BRAND NEW YEAR, YOU NEED TO REALIZE, THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH IN YOUR LIVES RIGHT NOW, YOUR SEASON HAS COME, AND YOUR TIME IS NOW,
SO, JUST STAND UP, IN THE MIDST OF YOUR TRIALS,
JUST STAND UP, IN THE MIDST OF YOUR TRIBULATIONS,
JUST STAND UP, OUT OF THE DEPTHS OF YOUR PAIN,
JUST STAND UP, OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF YOUR JOY,
JUST STAND UP, OUT OF THE DESIRES AND ASPIRATIONS THAT GOD HAS PLACED IN YOUR HEARTS,
JUST STAND UP, OUT OF YOUR HOPES AND YOUR DREAMS, AND BEGIN TO SPEAK LIFE TO YOUR SITUATION,
BEGIN TO SPEAK SUCCESS INTO YOUR LIVES,
BEGIN TO SPEAK THE POWER OF JESUS IN YOUR LIVES,
NO WEAPON, FORMED AGAINST YOU WILL PROSPER
YOU’VE BEEN WAITING LONG ENOUGH, AND THE BIBLE SAYS, THAT THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH; THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES; THEY SHALL RUN, AND NOT BE WEARY; AND THEY SHALL WALK, AND NOT FAINT .
YOU MUST REALIZE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THAT ON THIS DAY JANUARY 1ST 2006, YOU ARE NOW, STANDING AT THE EDGE OF GREATNESS.
