Reflecting on Luke 22:24-30“You are not to be like that.” (Luke 22:26)
What makes someone great in God’s eyes?
Greatness in the world is determined by position, strength and power.
It is to be on top of others, exercising authority as a ‘Benefactor’.
When those on the bottom do not follow the rules, they must be lorded over.
Top down authority, ruling by decree and discipline, keeping the people in line.
Listen to how some political leaders want to make things great again.
But what is sad, even some church leaders exercise authority like this.
We are not to be like this; we do not rule by decree and discipline.
We are among the people as servants, as the weakest and not the strongest.
Today we hear church leaders and political leaders working together.
Just like they worked together to control and silence Jesus.
That the world is like this is to be expected; but not followers of Jesus.
The greater the church strives to be, the less great it becomes.
Jesus’s kingdom is not run by the sword, but by the servant’s towel.
If a church doesn’t look, act and sound like Jesus, it is not following Jesus.
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, forgive us for losing sight of Your greatness, and trying to make ourselves great in a worldly way. Help me to be like You, as one who serves!