Devotions: True Authority

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.

Mark 10:45 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

So often we equate power and authority with being served, having others to one’s bidding, but that is not what true biblical power and authority mean. Jesus had every right to require everyone to bow down to Him, to give Him the respect He was due, to do whatever He wanted. Instead, He came to serve those who hated Him, to sacrifice Himself for those who rejected Him. The Bible says that there is no greater love than to give one’s life for another. This is true love: sacrifice. Jesus showed true love and true leadership in His sacrificial humility. He is God, yet He did not regard equality with God something to show off. He chose instead to become the lowest of the low, to serve instead of be served, to love instead of hate. That is what He calls us to do. He calls us to walk in His way: to sacrifice ourselves for others, to serve those below us, to disregard whatever may make us higher than another or give us status. That is the “way” we are to take.

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