Mark 9:33-35 (NIV) They came to Capernaum. When He was in the house, He asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest. Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
This is such a clear statement of how God views life.
Life is not about being first and being the greatest. It’s not about making it to the top and being the most successful. Life is not about bigger, better or greater. Life is simply not about what many often pursue.
Life is about loving God and loving people. Life is about serving God and serving people. Life is about putting other people before ourselves. Life is about giving and not about getting.
Life from God’s perspective is up-side-down to what the world says life is all about. It’s not all about me – it’s about God and others. God’s ways truly are different to man’s ways.
“So is your focus more on yourself advancing or on helping others fulfil their God-given destiny?”
Let’s commit our lives to loving and serving others; to giving to them and adding value to them. This is God’s way.
Steve McCracken