We must embrace the Process into Greatness
Life is a process. It has its high and lows; victories and defeats; gains and losses. but if we stay on course, we will become what the Lord meant us to be. We must expect the falling and death of self to produce the fruit.
Most of the trees that we now harvest from were once SEEDS. The have gone through a process of growth.
John 12:24
24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
You will never have a cake without a process. Farming, Harvesting, Processing, Transportation, Retailing, Mixing, OVEN, and Decorating are all part of the Process.
If that is the case, what makes us feel we can become great without ever going through a process. Some of the stuff is painful but necessary to refine and beautify us.