Jan
29
Demand Little, Offer Much
Filed Under Devotional
I have this vague memory of a board game my friend had when we were in junior high. It was the Mad Magazine board game and it was a spoof of Monopoly. The goal of the game was to lose all of your money. The rules and events in the game were all designed to turn the classic board game on its head. You found yourself laughing at how hard you were trying to do the opposite of what most other games wanted you to do.
Of course, the humor in playing this game was in our deep-seated knowledge that nothing in the real world works like that. Who would ever want to be the poorest, the least powerful, or the weakest? That’s just silly. Right?
“But many who are first will be last, and the last first.” Mark 10:31
“Jesus called them together and said, ‘You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.’ ” Mark 10:42-44
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.” Philippians 2:3
Oh, wait, that is the real reality. That is how the universe really works. We may not need to stand on the corner and give all of our money away, but we do need to be working towards servanthood and humility.
We need to demand little and offer much.