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Compare Matthew 19:28; 20:24-28; 23:11; Mark 9:35; 10:41-45; Luke 9:48; John 13:4-5, 12-17
These apostles were good men. Their selection and their subsequent biographies demonstrate that. But they still had problems with their desire for approval and status.
Surely the battle against our own egos is among the hardest we face. Even when we do good things, and even when we do self-denying things, it’s difficult not to want our goodness, our humility, our self-abnegation, to be noticed. It’s hard not to be proud of one’s humility.
Combatting our desire for wealth, even for simple status and recognition, is difficult enough. But the fight isn’t over even then.
Life is hard, as the saying goes. But what’s the alternative?
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