Jesus is the BETTER servant
We cannot be served by the idols of the world we commit too much time and resources to: we end up serving them and idolizing them. We end up being enslaved and held in bondage by them.
Jesus shows us that we should NOT self-ishly love our life in a way that idolizes " 'our' life"
Jesus shows us that whoever wants to serve him MUST follow him to where he is going.
23 Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
(John 12:23-26)
Jesus is the BETTER light.
Jesus is the light who shows us the way and teaches us to reflect his light in the darkness.
34 The crowd spoke up, “We have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain forever,so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”
35 Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. 36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.
(John 12: 34-36)
May we accept that the only way to follow Jesus is to live like He lived.
May we actively serve and sacrifice like Jesus did.
May we follow Jesus knowing that He is in us and with us through any and all forms of pain and suffering that we will go through. May we not pull back even at the risk of torture and death.
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