Sacrifice & Honor

God calls all to sacrifice and honor.

Whether we are senior saints, middlers, or preteens we are to become more and more like Jesus. Which means we are increasingly sacrificial. We are called to sacrifice our wants and wishes for others.

So how do we determine who receives greater honor? Jesus taught that the one who sacrifices the most, that is the slave of all, will be the greatest. Does that mean they receive the greatest honor? If so how do we honor them? Or is it God that truly honors them and we just struggle with them?

There are others that receive great and abundant honor...

1 Corinthians 12:22-26:
22 On the contrary, it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary; 23 and those members of the body which we deem less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our less presentable members become much more presentable, 24 whereas our more presentable members have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked, 25 so that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Who is it that "seems" the weakest? Why is "seems" so important? What about that "deem(ing)"?

When one member is honored ... we are all honored! So, does it matter who is honored? We are called to rejoice! We are also called to suffer, but does that mean we murmur about something we don't like? Or does it mean we sacrifice and keep our preference to ourselves?

May God be gracious to us all. May we all learn to sacrifice. May we all put Christ at the forefront, center stage, and follow his lead.