Greatness though service

Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." – Matthew 20.26-28

If we did a poll on what constitutes greatness I am sure we would have a wide variety of answers. Being great might be the guy who has the most stuff. Being great might be the guy who is on top of the business or political world.

God has a different route to greatness. Jesus sets the pattern. He did not come to be served. Jesus came to serve to the point where He would give His life as a ransom for many.

Greatness is not what we think of as greatness. The truly great are those who serve. Though this flies in the face of what we see around God says it is true. It is up to us to choose which kind of greatness we want to pursue. We can get caught up in the game that says that we can achieve some kind of greatness though human acclaim or we can pursue greatness God’s way.

We ought to constantly on the lookout for ways to serve instead of looking for ways to make ourselves ‘great.’ What ways can you and I find to be great in God’s eyes today.?