Look at me - I'm the greatest!
Short Reading – Mark 9:30-37
Longer Reading – Mark 9:30-50
Key Verse – Mark 9:34
The human mind is an amazing thing. I have the ability
to listen to someone talking and at the same time to be thinking my own private
thoughts which could be a million miles away from what the other person is
saying.
In Mark chapter the Lord Jesus was
teaching his disciples about his betrayal, death and resurrection on the third
day. The disciples did not understand what the Lord meant nor did they want to
admit it or to ask him questions. I have noticed that I am a bit like that. My questions
and doubts are no different from anyone else’s but I often do not ask the
simple questions in case I look silly. Join me in trying to be more honest; it
will be better for all of us in the long run.
While the Lord was speaking
the disciples were carrying on another discussion in the background. The sad
thing was that the Lord Jesus was telling them about his future suffering while
they were discussing which one of them was the most important, v 34.
My first
reaction is to be quite critical – imagine me talking about how great they were while
the Lord is explaining how He is going to suffer. On reflection I have to admit
that often I am so taken up with my life and the things that are going on in it
that I fail to appreciate what the Lord suffered for me.
That day the disciples were
to learn a lesson that I need to learn. To be first in God’s kingdom I need to
be last of all; to be great in God’s eyes I need to be small in my eyes.
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