Greatness before God

I was thinking about King David this morning and what a great man he was. I was asking the Lord about what it means to be a great man and how to become one. He began to speak to me about how true greatness comes as we desire to be great before Him, privately, as He defines greatness. The Lord exalts and the Lord brings down. He can exalt in a day and He can bring down in a day. David developed greatness before the Lord before anybody really knew who He was. David's mighty men attained to this stature while with David in his exile in the wilderness. The Lord spoke to my heart, "Become a great man before Me and then you can be a great man for Me."