An Amazing Promotion
Have you ever had a promotion at work before? Usually the way that a job works is this: You come in at the bottom of the totem pole. We will use a grocery store for example. You get a job at the grocery store and if you are like most people the first day you come in they begin to train you on how to stock shelves.
They give you an entry level position because they don't know you or what kind of skill sets you may have so they give the position with the lowest level of accountability. I'm not saying anything negative against stockers, because I was one for a long time. But it was never exactly my "dream job".
You come into the job and you work that position for months and maybe even years. You begin to prove yourself. You pick up extra shifts, you spend extra time making sure the shelves are all faced up and looking nice, and you do whatever you can to make your managers life as easy as you can. Then it happens. The opportunity for promotion. Maybe a cash register has opened up and you see the chance to get a job that involves less physical stress. And you get the promotion!
If you're anything like me, promotions are ADDICTING! You get promoted to a new position and learn a new skill and all of sudden you can envision yourself running the place. You can see yourself sitting at the corporate office with you feet propped up on a nice desk with an assistant that brings you coffee and breakfast whenever you want it. What an easy life compared to stocking shelves and cleaning the bathrooms at the end of the night!
But what if I told you that there is an even greater promotion than getting your dream job at a corporate office while raking in the big bucks? What if I told you that the kingdom of God gives out promotions as well?
Check out these verses:
Mark 10:42-45
And Jesus called them to him and said to them,“You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Wait a second.. Did you think this was a post about gaining riches and position? But these verses say that whoever would be GREAT must SERVE!
Whoever would be a KING must be as a SERVANT!
Jesus was born the King of the heavens and the earth, He was promoted from King to Servant because His heart was for all of humanity to have a chance at being redeemed. He had a heart of love, because that is who He is. Jesus is love, and because of this love He stepped down to suffer the worst fate imaginable for you and for me!
He gave His life on a cross. But here is the thing: It wasn't even HIS cross to bear! The cross at Calvary was never meant for Him. The beating He took wasn't meant for Him. The humiliation He endured wasn't meant for Him.
It was all meant for ME! It was meant for YOU!
He came from heaven to earth to serve us in the most incredible way possible. He took the punishment that was meant for me so that one day I could spend eternity by His side!
So when I begin to turn my mind towards promotion from this world. In my work place and wherever I can gain status, I instead turn my mind towards what Christ did for me. He was promoted from THE King to servant so that He could save my life. And now my heart is that I receive the same promotion. I give up the status of this world. The glory. The fame. The honor. In pursuit of being a servant after the Order of Christ.
Jesus help me in the pursuit to serve others in the way that you serve others. Help me to love how you love.
There is kingdom work to be done and we cannot complete it if we turn our eyes to the things of this world. Let us turn our eyes to the most rewarding position... Let us serve others with all of our hearts!
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Thank you and have a blessed week,
Ethan Corbett
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