What a year! It is still January and we have already experienced a new president and now a new governor here in Illinois. Who says change comes slowly! I wonder what will be next. Scripture talks of change. In Matthew 18, when asked who will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven (the disciples were referring to themselves, not Jesus), Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Pride is something that gets in our way, regardless of what we do, but for some it becomes a hindrance…even a hindrance to getting into heaven. These were Jesus’ disciples who posed this question to him…his followers. You would think that if anyone would get into the kingdom they would, but Jesus corrects them. “Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” Sort of puts us in our place don’t it? Doesn’t really matter if you’re the worship leader, a team chair, or the senior pastor…not if you fail to humbly fill that position casting aside arrogance and self-exaltation. I don’t know what the rest of this year holds for us, or the rest of this month for that matter, but I pray we would continue experience change, becoming the people God intends us to be.
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