Matthew 20:26-28
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Matthew Poole says that by these instructs our Lord means:
"1. To distinguish his kingdom from the kingdoms of the world. …
2. To condemn ambition and pride in his disciples, as making them most unfit for this kingdom."
Our Lord values servanthood above leadership. Jesus came not to be a leader but to be a servant, not to organize and inspire a movement, but to give His life.
The highest ideal a man may aspire to is a life given for the sake of God and of others. May our Lord so impress upon us our tendency to sin and to reverse this concept.
Ours is to spend ours lives for the good of others and for the glory of God.
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Matthew Poole says that by these instructs our Lord means:
"1. To distinguish his kingdom from the kingdoms of the world. …
2. To condemn ambition and pride in his disciples, as making them most unfit for this kingdom."
Our Lord values servanthood above leadership. Jesus came not to be a leader but to be a servant, not to organize and inspire a movement, but to give His life.
The highest ideal a man may aspire to is a life given for the sake of God and of others. May our Lord so impress upon us our tendency to sin and to reverse this concept.
Ours is to spend ours lives for the good of others and for the glory of God.
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