The Cure

A dispute also arose among them, as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. And he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you. Rather, let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves.  Luke 22:24-26
As we look to the discord in our nation, there is a cure. You will not like it, but it works. It would be like taking awful tasting medicine. I have a friend who just had a knee surgery like I had a few years ago. He was unable to take pain medicine like I was. The cure for his knee to heal properly was therapy and keep that knee moving so the scare tissue does not build up and keep it from working properly. It was and is painful. You want to loose weight, you have to exercise more and eat less. It is difficult but it works. Many times a marriage will be in trouble because of selfishness of one or both partners. The cure once again is looking to the needs of the other person. The Bible tells us more about how to live after becoming a Christian, then it tells how to become one. Here is this passage, Jesus's disciples were arguing among themselves, who would be the greatest. They were looking for position of honor. In the verse above benefactor is used and blue letter bible gives this definition:  a title of honour, conferred on such as had done their country service, and upon princes.  I really believe living to Bible standards is the cure for our country. If we were to take this to heart and serve others instead of looking to please ourselves we could turn this country around. It will turn a marriage around. What hurts a lot of marriages is selfishness. What helps it is looking to the needs of the partner. I believe we have that in a leader this time. I believe he is truly looking to the needs of the people of this country instead of himself.  Trump is in his seventies and is wealthy. He could have set back and had a good life. I believe God wanted him to serve this country and he is. taking a lot of abuse on the way. If he continues and remains steadfast in his service to do what is best for our country, he will come down in history as one of our greatest Presidents ever. It will be because he is trying to serve.  The scripture passage I printed above ends with; and the leader as one who serves.
It is something  that would help any of us in anything we do to learn to serve. Look at a business, the ones I prefer to go to are those that have people wanting to help you. We are so focused on our agendas politically in our country, that we are missing the boat. It is about service. It is about serving others and looking to the needs of others. It works in a marriage, it works in a business and it will work in our country. Get off your high horse and wanting me, me ,me first and think about others. Think about what is truly best for our nation. We have a President that is truly leading in that direction. The Bible has the cure for what ails us, if we will only listen. I do not say it will be easy, we are born selfish. The cure is serving others. Why do Mom's mostly have a place of preeminence above fathers, because they were most likely the ones that served us when we were children.  But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, Mark 10:43. It may not taste good going down but it is the cure.  God bless, LVZ.