Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love (1 John 4:8).
They
came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What
were you arguing about on the road?” But they kept quiet because on
the way they had argued about who was the greatest.
Sitting
down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be
first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.” (Mark 9:
33-35).
I
imagined myself on a hillside looking up to the heavens past parting
sunlit clouds and talking with God. I told God I had a few questions
and he agreed to answer them.
First
I ask, “God are you more powerful than me?” He answered, “Don't
be silly. Of course I am more powerful than you or any mortal for I
am omnipotent.”
Then
I ask, “God are you wiser than me?” He answered, “Don't be
silly. Of course I'm wiser than you or any mortal for I am
omniscient.”
Next
I ask, “God are you in more places than me?” He answered, “You
are so silly. Of course I'm in more places than you or any mortal for
I am omnipresent.
Finally,
I asked, “God are you better than me?” Dark clouds rolled in
overhead and there were deafening claps of thunder. Greatly
exercised God answered; “Do you not know that God is love and love
always esteems others more highly than self? Have you not read that
I sent Jesus to earth as a suffering servant? There he opposed
self-righteousness wherever he found it, and was crucified because
others thought they were better than my only son. How long will
humanity not see that humility is the keystone of all virtue and
self-righteousness is the source of all sin? How long will my
children preoccupy themselves with who among them is greater? The
drive for status and the illusion of superiority all come from the
devil and are replete with cruelty and hatred. After a long moment
the dark clouds dissipated and God looked down at me and gently
asked; “Do you have other questions?” I answered, “No God I
don't. I am now content to live with the knowledge already given to
all and made plain in the Scriptures.
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