It never gets old. A King who acts like a Servant. A God who loves the weakest. A Saviour who welcomes children.
An earthly person of importance thinks that they deserve to be treated with extra respect because they are important. God lives out his importance by refusing the pedestal and staying down in the mud with his beloved. The world thinks that the strong deserve control and dominance. God uses his strength to empower the weak.
We could go around telling people, “God is really important! He is worthy of your worship. You must worship him because he is glorious!” But our God’s glory is so humble! His importance so practical! He doesn’t mean for us to get caught up in abstractions and worship him because we know he is the biggest and the best. He is too busy living out his nature by loving his children. He is a comfort to the brokenhearted, hope to those in despair, a light to those who have lost their way. Absolutely he is glorious, but it is his nearness and humility that display his glory better than a crown!
“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:25-28
Stephen Fulton 