"What were you arguing about?" . . . A Lenten Devotion

"What were you arguing about?" (Mark 9:33)

Jesus caught the disciples red handed.  They were arguing about which one of them was the best.  To us it may seem like such a silly childish thing.   But truly, don't we all do this from time to time?  Judging another person and comparing ourselves to others.  This could even be such that we look upon another person as sinful and seeing ourselves as not so.  Our selfishness as a human race translates to trying to vie for the best spot.  Climbing the ladder.  However, to what?

The type of leadership that Jesus came to bring had nothing to do with greatness, power or anyone being better than the other.  Jesus came to establish a servant leadership.  The last shall be first.  Those who are great are those that served others humbly. 

Jesus has surprises for each turn in life.  The life he asks us to live sometimes stand in stark contrast to what our society expects out of people.  "If you've got to argue about who's the greatest, you can be sure it's not you.  If you've got to tell me how great you are, how great can you be?" (Ray Pritchard, Who Is That Man? Daily Lenten Devotional)

Serve one another.