Daily Devotion

It's not About Jesus

Before you freak out about the title, follow me to the end.

You can take a  look through the New Testament and come to the conclusion that for Jesus, it wasn’t about Him:

He had that attitude coming into the world.
Philippians 2:6-7 
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.


He had that attitude while He was in the world.
Matthew 20:28
The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.


And shockingly, He even has that attitude about when the world ends.
Luke 12:37
It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.


Yes, everything is for Jesus’ glory. But Jesus gets His glory by being a servant and a giver.

So the title of this post isn’t what scares, angers, intrigues or confuses you. It’s something deeper than that. Something that you’ve known deep down all your life but haven’t wanted to embrace.
There’s a harder truth to get your mind around and accept than the concept that it can simultaneously be not about Jesus and all about His glory at the same time. And it’s this:

If it wasn’t about Jesus, then it definitely isn’t about you.
Or me. Or anyone. Our selfish desires. Our glory. Our comfort. Our pleasure. Our anything.

If Jesus had every right to say it was all about Him but gave it up and made it about everyone else, then how can we, who don’t have any such right, not do the same?

Your life will only be as great as the impact it makes on the lives of others. And the measure of the impact you make will only be as great as the level to which you understand and embrace the truth that it’s not about you.

That’s hard to accept, but if you do you’ll be in good company.
It wasn’t about Jesus either.