God's priority

I saw a great thought today:

“The quickest way to the front of God's line today is to let someone else in front of you.”
-Rachel Olsen, Proverbs 31 Ministries

I had a chance to practice this thought yesterday. Let me be quick to admit, I didn't pass the test with flying colors. I did the right thing but my attitude was not that of Christ. It still isn't. It still rankles that I had to give up something I wanted to let someone else be "first." I don't want it to bother me but my reaction has been surprisingly strong (and childish).

Is there a lesson in that? Maybe. I'm glad the God I serve doesn't have the same attitude I do. I'm so grateful he gave up everything in order to put me first. And it wasn't just me. Everyone I meet, He put first. Every person that has been or will be born he put first. So how can I still hold so tightly to my "rights"? I think I need to let go of my own importance - my own self-centeredness - and practice His perspective instead.

Good thing He's there to help with that, too.

"If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all."

- Mark 9:35