Short Reading – Mark 10:35-45
Longer Reading – Mark 10:28-52
Key Verse – Mark 10:45
The Lord Jesus really shook people up ,and in particular his disciples, with the teaching that he gave. I can only imagine the shocked looks on their faces when he announced that for anyone to be great in his Government they would need to serve everybody, v 44.
How different to the way this
world operates! Power goes to people’s heads. When they get important jobs they
want to be recognised for their status. There are certain things that they
don’t do anymore. There are privileges that go with power.
It is so different, or it
should be, in the world of the Christian. The Lord Jesus is teaching us that in
his reckoning only humble people are really great. Only people who serve others
can be recognised as important, v 43, 44. I am not sure about you but I know
that this teaching is not the natural way that I think. So I need to pray and
ask for the Lord’s help to understand this teaching. I also need his help so
that my behaviour is ‘in line’ with the teaching as well.
I wonder how this teaching
should affect how I behave. Will I be more interested in what I can do to help
others from now on, Phil. 2. 4? Would I be happy to work hard if it saved
another person the effort? Are there any jobs that I think are beneath me that
really I should do for the Lord Jesus?
One of the great things about
this truth is that the Lord Jesus is not asking us to do something he will not
do. He came to serve and not to be served, v 45. The biggest proof is his
death. He laid down his life to pay for my salvation. Is there anything that I
would not do for him?
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