Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Servanthood

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is such an antithesis of the culture sometimes. Take the idea of servanthood for instance; think about the language that we use to be the greatest in our culture. If you want to be the best you have to "climb to the top", "scale the corporate ladder", be the "cream of the crop", "stand head and shoulders above the rest", "rise to greatness"...

Jesus comes along and introduces us to a different concept completely. In the culture of the Kingdom, Jesus flips it around, He says, “You really want to be the greatest? You descend to greatness.” What a counter cultural teaching. The challenge then becomes for us, as His disciples, to live this truth out.

"The greatest among you will be your servant. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted." Matthew 23:11,12
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  1. Kenny HarveyJuly 4, 2007 at 5:07 PM

    I just heard a podcast from College Wesleyan Church and the title was "King of the Hill". The speaker used the story of Cain and Abel to show how we have the tendency to try to be better by pulling others down--the total opposite of servanthood. I must be being told something here because God doesn't work with coincidences. Thanks for your blog.

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