May we aspire to help those in need.

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Mark 9:35

Jesus said to them, “If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.”

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Jesus’ followers had given up possessions but they were having trouble letting go of two other ego cravings: power and prestige.

In today’s scripture…they had been arguing over who among them was the greatest.

Jesus told them the greatest was the one who put others first…the one who was the servant of all.

Jesus was always turning the world’s ways upside down.

Our culture tells us to strive to be first. It says that winning is everything. Of course, when one person wins…everyone else loses.

Jesus told his followers that in God’s kingdom the highest place of honor goes to the person who willingly descends from the top to being with those at the bottom…to serve those who are counted as last by the culture.

This is Jesus’ command to all who call themselves “Christians.”

Jesus said that whatever we do for “the least of these”…we are doing for him (Matthew 25:40).

Here is the question for each of us to answer: What is my main motivation…to serve myself…or others?

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