OUR MIDWEEK MEDITATION
Being first. Winning. Coming out on top.
Check. Check. Check. Yes. Yes. Yes.
We will take this!
Giving up what you have. Moving from the front to the back of the line. Losing your gains for someone else’s goodness?
Eh. Not so much.
Yet this is exactly what Jesus talks about when he says the first, that is, the winner, goes last. Jesus makes it clear that Christianity is about servanthood not self-fame. Jesus also makes it clear that Christianity is about opportunities you can find to help others, not ways for you to look good.
APPLICATION: Instead of being first, be last. Put the importance of others before the importance of your own self and these precious and precise moments, you’ll experience a window into seeing God’s will (because you’re doing God’s way