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December 09, 2004
More verses I would like removed from the Bible
Matthew 23
10 Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ. 11 The greatest among you will be your servant. 12 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
If there is any human desire in me a big one is the desire to be cool and to be liked. I don’t necessarily need to be really hip or associate with all the popular kids. Just give me a group that I can strut my stuff with. Now, don’t get me wrong there is nothing wrong with wanting to belong. But I have a problem wanting to be fly, smooth, happenin’, you know have that fresh attitude and pizzazz. To walk into a room and have people react with a “yeah, he’s cool.” Ok, so I have this vision of what is “cool” in my head and I try to dress, act and talk in this manner. Whether that means being sarcastic, loud, indie, gelled, intelligent, refined, cultured, funny or even off the cuff I want to be “it”.
The problem lies in when I reconcile this attitude and that of the verse mentioned above. I am not talking about the false humility that I have when someone pays me a compliment and I brush it off and say “aw, praise God that he gave me this talent, ya know, he’s really the one that made me this totally awesome” or “actually I’m an idiot and a terrible person, feel pity for me and tell me that I actually was good”.
Being the servant of all entails humbling yourself and like the verse I posted yesterday serving without recognition. It really messes with my groove when I’m putting out the vibe and suddenly there is an opportunity to go in back and clean up some two-year-old’s puke. To be the servant of all means the servant of everyone else on the planet, it means giving your life for them.
“Well, God didn’t put me here on this earth just to serve YOU!” I think as I look at a spoiled brat whining about wanting to indulge in entertaining themselves instead of helping out.
Well, um, yes… …cough… he did.
Posted by paul at December 9, 2004 07:43 PM