“Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said,
“Anyone who
wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
Mark 9:35
The seat of honor:
At a wedding, it’s the head table.
For a king or queen it is the throne.
In a courtroom, it is the judge’s chair.
Jesus came and took His place among...the servants.
He challenges us to do the same.
Imagine going to the back of the line and not pushing
to be first.
Imagine serving others and not ‘demanding’ rights and
places of honor that might otherwise be due you.
That is what we are called to.
It is no false humility that seeks praise out while
ostentatiously ‘serving’ those ‘beneath you’.
Rather it is a heartfelt desire to serve and not be
served just as Jesus did.
It is recognition that we, as servants, are not
greater than our Master Jesus who:
“...rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a
servant,”
Philippians 2:7a
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