Me! Me! Pick me!

Today's Reading: Luke 22:7-30

Sometimes on Wednesdays during preschool chapel, Rachel will ask for a volunteer to come help illustrate that day's Bible story. As soon as she asks for volunteers, the hands fly up and you can hear little voices saying, "Me! Me! Pick me!"

Luke's rendering of the Passover celebration is followed by his recounting a dispute that arises among the disciples. They wanted to know which of them was going to be considered the greatest.

Picture it...Jesus has just celebrated Passover with them. He has instituted the supper to remember Him by. He has predicted that one of them will betray Him. And they've got a petty argument going on about which of them will be the greatest! I can almost hear them, "Me! Me! Pick me!"

As usual though, Jesus turns their notions upside down and tells them that whoever wants to be the greatest must be the servant. He came to serve and He expects them to do the same. I envision the volunteering to be the greatest may have subsided a little at this point! I guess it is just human nature. We all want to be noticed. We want to be recognized. We want to feel important.

And Jesus tells us how to do that. Serve. It's that simple. Where do you hear Him calling you to serve today?

- Holly Barrett