Mark 10:35-45
When I was a kid we all wanted to sit in the front seat. We would call “shotgun!” and argue about who called it first. “I called it!”
“No, I did!”
“I
called it yesterday!”
“Well,
I called it for the week!”
We
would all fight for the seat of honor. Nobody liked taking the
backseat.
James and John ask Jesus to give them positions of prestige and power:
“Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your
glory.” (Mark
10:37)
Jesus
declared that service would be the measure of Christian leadership:
“Not
so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be
your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all."
(Mark
10:43-44)
A
servant leader follows the example of Jesus: “For even the Son of
Man did not come to be served, but to serve...” (Mark
10:45)
Jesus
knew that he had all
the power of the universe
in his hands, but he did not use it to control his disciples. He got
up and washed
their feet.
In
the kingdom of God, greatness is not about moving on up. It’s about
transformation. As
we become more like Jesus, we will develop a Christ-like sensitivity
toward others.
Selfish
ambition leads to conflict and has no place in God's Kingdom.
Pride
goes before destruction,
a
haughty spirit before a fall
Proverbs
16:18 (NIV)
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