Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Matthew 20: 26-28
Questions
These words of Jesus are so well known and yet turn our understanding of the worldly view of worth and excellence on their heads.
How open are you to these "kingdom values"?
I find it hard to know how to put them into practice. My job isn't one in which I can let my children lead! My life is busy, and although I try and maintain this role within the household, allowing J to make the decisions and putting myself towards the background, he doesn't always seem to want this role. I am trying to mold a 'servants heart' towards the family, and towards others at school, and I know that I am often called upon to do things because they know I will.
And honestly, how difficult do you find it even to deny a sense of pride of being ever more humble than someone else?
I'm not sure that I am any good at being humble! I am focusing on not boasting, not putting myself first, and I am pleased when I feel as though I have succeeded, because it isn't easy. Perhaps this feeling is what the author feels is the wrong feeling?
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