“In His teaching He was saying: “Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets, who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation” (Mark 12:38-40).
Sinners settle, each in their own place of pride. We love to look down upon others and not see that we all have been made in God’s image. From those who accumulate vast wealth to those who lord it over others from their small positions, it is the same. It ought not be so with those who believe. Jesus is Lord and we are called, each from our place, to where the Lord will grow us in His image.
Lord, I begin to see that Your Kingdom is nothing like how this world establishes governments. We are each different, yet all the same in Your love. You do not Lord it over us, as those in the world do, but love each of us and give us the opportunity to grow into Your image, not with power built upon pride, but as You lift us up to do the Father’s will. Guide me in this upward journey.
Lord Jesus, I am polluted by the ways of this world which tries to do it all without You. Pride raises up those whom we call great and puts down the humble. Help me to have a different way of thinking about things so that I live in the way You are preparing me to live. Place a heavenly mind in me that seeks for what is good here, now, and forever. Lead me in the call You have given me to become what You are making of me. Amen.
