We saw a billboard in the airport on Friday advertising a house on the beach for $35 million, and it's so far above and beyond what I could comprehend paying for a house that I simply can't comprehend that economic world. I was thinking that people like that probably don't compare prices at the grocery store, but then I realized they probably don't even do their own grocery shopping.
This is what it's easy to think about when we think about greatest. We think about money and prestige. We rank society in our minds, but Jesus knows our hearts, and he knows the disciples' hearts, and he's trying to teach them how different the Kingdom of God is. Greatness in God's eyes isn't about prestige, it's about service. The greatest is the one who finds ways to serve. Children in Jesus' time had no legal standing or protection. People didn't think about serving them. But in the Kingdom of God, serving those on the bottom rung of society is to be celebrated. Doing so glorifies God.
It's almost impossible to wrap our heads around how different the Kingdom of God is. But Jesus continues to invite us to contemplate the wondrous nature of God. Let us not be put off by the challenge, but rather spend time in prayer asking God to open our hearts and minds to the wonders of life with Christ.
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