Today’s Thought “Self-Seeking Request” G. Ward

Matthew 20

²⁶ It is not this way among you, but whoever wants to become prominent among you shall be your servant, ²⁷ and whoever desires to be first among you shall 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.”

There were two, chosen by God to represent HIS gospel and whereas the others would look on these as disgusting, particularly as there was a covert demand (from their mother and themselves – vv.20-23) that they’d be recognized as more trustworthy than the other ten chosen and while that disgust from the others would empty into a horrid witness of similar self-seeking desire, even up to the point of our Lord’s crucifixion (Matt.18:1, Mark.9:34), caused them to absolutely miss the Savior’s directives.

When/if we deny HIS preeminent directives, via a quest to be regarded by men (cf. Matt.10:28), insistent on never being de-valued, the end may witness such a practice in a short life as ultimately find one overlooked by Holy God allowing eternity with HIM (Matt.16:24).