Matthew 18:1-10

The Greatest
After all that Jesus has taught the disciples the only question they can come up with is, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven”? After speaking to them about love and humility and forgiving one another this is how they respond? After telling them that He is going to die for the cause this is what they find important? Simply amazing. If God can use these 12 to build the church into what it is today than God can do anything!!

It is easy to criticize the mindset of the disciples but don’t we have the same prideful tendencies at times? Just today on the way home from work (I sometimes just talk to God on my way to and from work) I had to remind myself that this blog is not about me. It’s not about the possibility of being published or making this a career opportunity (scary huh?), it’s not about how clever or witty I can be in my banter; after all it really isn’t about me at all. This blog is to bring glory to God through my meditation of the Word, period. And truth be told the last few entries have been all about me not God. Lately I have felt pressured to write a daily entry and it has begun to feel like a chore. Yesterday I actually worked on my entry while watching football. Saturday I worked on it while being in an angry state of mind. That isn’t what God wants. That’s me saying, “God, who is the greatest....is it me....look at this blog I am writing.”

Jesus tells us that unless we change (He knows our tendencies) and become like little children then we will never enter Heaven. “Like little children”, what does that mean? It means that we need to come to the Lord trusting in Him and unpretentious. You see, we become great in God’s sight when we sincerely and humbly look away from “self” to revere, admire, respect, look up to, hold in the highest regard, be in awe of, and worship Him.

That’s it for today. I am going to slow things down a little bit and not try to cram a single chapter in one entry anymore. I am going to yield to God and humbly think about one topic at a time and see where He leads it.

Have a great day and God bless.