January 29, 2011

Humility

'As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him.  "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"  "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered.  "No one is good - except God alone." - Mark 10:17-18

I find it absolutely awesome how Jesus answered the rich young man's question.  Jesus starts by stating that no one is good, implying that even he is not deserving of such a title, except for God himself.  If you read on Jesus then answers the man's actual question (sell everything and give to the poor).  The fact that Jesus first throws out the point that, even though he is holy and the Son of God, he is still a man and not necessarily worthy of being called good.  In our journey to become better men of God I hope that we can embrace humility like Jesus did.  I pray that we realize our place in the eternal equation and that we can be more like Christ when someone gives us a title we do not necessarily deserve.

-Pew

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