“As a snail which melteth…”~ Psa. 58:8
The life of every child of God should emulate that of a snail. That is, as our lives advance in years there should be less of us. Toward the end of his life and ministry, rugged John said, " I must decrease.” The old Baptist did not waste his time looking at himself through a high-powered, magnifying lens of a telescope; he preferred gazing through the opposite end.
This was the way it was with all those who stood as giants in God’s sight. David saw himself as a “flea.” And we see how Paul’s self-life melted away through the years. Early on in his Christian life he said, “I am the least of the apostles.” But as time passes we hear him say, “[I] am less than the least of all saints.” And as he approaches the finish line of life he humbly states that he was, “the chief of sinners.”
There are no soloists in heaven, only a choir that is made up of “Common Christians”; no “big fish” in a little pond, just a lot of “little ones” in the big pond. I have found seasoned saints, who, when at the eternity’s brink, have only one desire-- to be “hid in heaven.” To them there is only One Person worthy of beholding, and to them that is the dear Lamb of God.”