Mosaiek Church Lent 2025: Jesus' Questions in SufferingSample

“Who would you rather be: the one who eats the dinner or the one who serves the dinner? You’d rather eat and be served, right? But I’ve taken my place among you as the one who serves. And you’ve stuck with me through thick and thin

-Luke 22:27-28 (MSG)

Just like the disciples, we can also be proud and arrogant (they argue among themselves about who is the greatest) with very good motives (they want power to continue the work of Jesus).

One of Jesus’ parables was about two people who went to pray (Luke 18). One looked at other people and was grateful that he was not like others who stole, slept around, or lived only for money. If you hear this and immediately feel that you are not like him… you are just like him who feels he is not like others! Jesus says he is proud. This is not a small thing. This is the one thing that resists God (James 4:6). This is the one thing that made the devil, the devil. It is one thing to recognise arrogance and pride, but it is also important to recognise it as the great destructive force, our enemy.

Reflection: I ask the Holy Spirit to show me where I’m using my spiritual journey as a motive to gain recognition from others.

Prayer: I ask for the grace of deep insight and conviction that my obsession with self is robbing me of life.