Serving To Greatness!
You know, I was thinking. It's funny what we argue and debate about. Last night the Pastor and I were in rare form prodding each other on to deep thought and harassing each other tremendously. This was done all in fun and is just kind of our way of entertaining one another. Funny how things tie together. This morning's Luke reading was chapter 22. One of the points that can easily get lost in this text is the fact that there were several of the disciples arguing over who the greatest among them! Can you imagine being in a room with God in the flesh arguing about who the greatest one among you is? It is so ironic and yet so typical amoung us humans.Jesus basically gave us a great paradox: THE GREATEST IS THE LEAST AND THE LEAST IS THE GREATEST! To be great means to serve! To be first means to put yourself last! The best thing about this was that Jesus didn't just teach this, He lived it! He gave up everything for us and pulls no punches about what we are going to do. There is a song out named "Love Like Crazy" by Chris Rice. The essence of this song is this great paradox. He taught us to love the same way that he does and then he died for us! Loving and serving to the point of death, now that some tough medicine to take. But, if we live "eternally minded" and focus what is to come, we realize that our exsistance on this planet is only meant to take us to where our spirit longs to go. That is, with God! Be blessed beyond belief today.
posted by Doug E. Pudge @ 7:57 AM
5 Comments:
Yea, don't take life too seriously, I will never last.
I enjoyed last night, I think there were twelve of us there. I enjoyed singing, but even more I enjoyed hearing the other voices, yes all of them..
Let it go Hawkman, just let it go! B4T
this is just another good example of why God did not intend us to live in a vacuum..
Yes! Besides there's a lot of dust in a vacuum! B4T
I think you write on the essence of what we are to be.
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