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In the 1930s, William Van Alen began designing what he thought would be the tallest building in the world, measuring in at 925 feet tall. Around the same time, however, another architect began working on a building at 40 Wall Street in Manhattan that would stand at 927 feet, making it the tallest skyscraper.

Van Alen publicly conceded defeat, and he and his employer went off to lick their wounds … at least that’s how it seemed.

In Philippians 1, we are assured that “He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” (1:6)

Instead of wallowing in despair, Van Alen began secretly working on a 125-foot spire to be placed at the top of his building, and when it was installed, only one month after the Wall Street building was completed, it made Van Alen’s Chrysler Building the tallest man-made structure in the world, standing at 1,048 feet tall.

The purpose of the spire was to win a competition, but our purpose is to glorify God and tell others the Good News about Jesus. You are a part of the Christ’s body, and God will work Kingdom things through you if you will submit to Him.

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