Bible Reflections From Scripture Union Volume OneSample

What is Important in Our Lives?
Read Mark 10:32-45

"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. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Mark 10:43-45

Every one of us has our priorities and we know what we want to achieve in life. No doubt many of us want to be great and this is fueled by the public media. However, what is it that is really important to us? A big house, a big car or a big name? What are our priorities in life?

The disciples, at times, had misplaced priorities. Our text today is an illustration of this fact. James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, had some great ambitions. They wanted to go places. They had some dreams, some ambitions, and some very definite wants. But they often did not understand the implications of what they wanted.

Now, if our priorities are wrong, what we desire can hurt us. Like the disciples, we can have misplaced priorities. But we need to understand what is important to God. And we need to evaluate what our priorities should be in the light of His priorities for us. As believers, it is important for us periodically to be engaged in a re-evaluation of our values so that our lives stay right on target. We need to keep clearly before us just what is really important.

The path to greatness is service. Verse 45 says it all: “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.” As the chorus says: “Brother, let me be your servant. Let me be as Christ to you…”

The path to greatness is SERVICE.

Pray that we will have the humility to serve others instead of desiring service from them.

Remember the time when your church needed help with some menial task? What was your response? Be the first to volunteer no matter how menial the task is!