The Most Important One
So this morning at church I'm standing around the main doors greeting people with some other guys. Their are two elders, and a couple of guys on the board. If you combine their years in service to this church it would be around 990 years (not really, but a looong time). One sweet lady walks in the door shakes hands with all the guys and walks a little bit away. She pauses and then turns around and says, "Oh I forgot the most important one" and she shakes my hand.
Here I have been at this church for just over 3 months and I'm the "most important one." These guys have been serving in this church for decades. It's about image. I am on the stage the most. I am the one who is recognized as the "preacher." I am the one who gets credit for what's going on in the church.
Not fair?
Not even close.
How do we determine who is the most important one?
Paul writes in Philippians 2 that we should have the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus. Jesus could have come as a king bent on conquest. Jesus had all authority on Heaven and earth, yet he humbled himself to death. He was born to a poor unmarried couple. He rode in to the great city on a donkey. He never turned away anyone. He did not consider himself better than anyone else.
Jesus knew that humility held the key to success. Satan didn't figure that one out. Or he did and just couldn't do it.
To accomplish something great we must become one. To become one we must become humble. To become humble we must recognize our relationship to the Creator.
Who is the most important one? Is it the visible one? Is it the owner? Is it the best looking? How does that really work?
Here I have been at this church for just over 3 months and I'm the "most important one." These guys have been serving in this church for decades. It's about image. I am on the stage the most. I am the one who is recognized as the "preacher." I am the one who gets credit for what's going on in the church.
Not fair?
Not even close.
How do we determine who is the most important one?
Paul writes in Philippians 2 that we should have the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus. Jesus could have come as a king bent on conquest. Jesus had all authority on Heaven and earth, yet he humbled himself to death. He was born to a poor unmarried couple. He rode in to the great city on a donkey. He never turned away anyone. He did not consider himself better than anyone else.
Jesus knew that humility held the key to success. Satan didn't figure that one out. Or he did and just couldn't do it.
To accomplish something great we must become one. To become one we must become humble. To become humble we must recognize our relationship to the Creator.
Who is the most important one? Is it the visible one? Is it the owner? Is it the best looking? How does that really work?
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