Kingdom Principles

Kingdom  Principles

“You know that the men who are considered rulers of the heathen have power over them, and the leaders have complete authority.  This, however, is not the way it is among you.  If one of you wants to be great, he must be the servant of the rest; and if one of you wants to be first, he must be the slave of all.  For even the Son of Man did not come to be served; he came to serve and to give his life to redeem many people.”  (Mark 10: 42 – 45)

The message is clear:  Ambition in the kingdom is aspiration to be where God wants me to be.  It is desire to serve as God wants us to serve.   It is to be the last if necessary in the eyes of the world.  To be the slave of everyone.   To imitate Jesus who came to serve and to give his life to redeem many people.  It is a standard that is different from that of the world.   But this is the order of things in the kingdom.

The world esteems masters, bosses, teachers, firsts and despises servants, subjects, learners, lasts.  But in the eyes of God, these are the esteemed.

Lord Jesus, I know what you want of me from today’s word.  I am disposed to obey you in this.  I ask for  wisdom and humility so that I can live these principles.