Verse of the Day for May 22

Just before these verses, James and John asked for the best seats in glory. The other ten were angry with them. It was, once again, a moment where the disciples had completely missed the point.

Jesus does not dismiss them. He begins again with them, patiently, from the ground up. Greatness is turned upside down. whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.

Then he points to himself. the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister. If anyone deserved to be served, it was him. He chose the other side of the table.

And look at what happens next. They walk into Jericho, and by the side of the road sits a blind man begging. The great words about a ransom land, almost at once, on one person in the dust. That is what service looked like. The next needy person on the road.

If you have failed, if you have been chasing the wrong seat, you can begin again the way Jesus began again with his friends. Not with a grand plan. With the next person you pass, perhaps the boy selling water at the junction.

Beginning again often starts with serving someone small.

Jesus is patient with disciples who miss the point twice.