In this sermon Fulfilling God's Purpose For The Kingdom Of Heaven, God's will has not changed for mankind.  He still chooses to fill man with His life and influence the material realm through man. The purpose of God is to fill us and manifest Himself through us into the world.  Anything that hinders that from happening hinders the entire progress of His Kingdom's purpose.  He wants to influence the world. When a person seeks to have oneself influence and be made known and visible, that much "space" for God to influence and be made visible is taken up.  God loses as much "space" to let people see Him in this world as we use to let people see us in this world.  Therefore the most beneficial vessels used for the purpose of His Kingdom are the vessels that fully allow Him to manifest through them.  And the vessels that contain His Spirit, but seek to make themselves visible, are the ones of least use in His kingdom.  The more we seek to be great in this kingdom the more we are useless to His Kingdom.  So the greatest is actually the one who humbles himself and gets himself out of the way the most.