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Throw in the Towel
September 5, 2007
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A few weeks ago we were on vacation in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware and one of our vacation traditions is hitting Grotto Pizza and then window shopping on the boardwalk. And one of the things I love doing is checking out all of the t-shirts hanging in the windows. Some of them are pretty witty. Some of them are pretty dirty. And some of them are pretty funny. And this year, one of the shirts that made me chuckle said I’m Kind of a Big Deal. And it didn’t just make me chuckle. It made me think. I honestly believe that a lot of people spend a lot of energy trying to prove to other people that they are kind of a big deal. Anybody know anybody like that? I think all of us have spent our fair share of time and energy trying to let other people know what a big deal we are. Most of us don’t resort to wearing a t-shirt that says I’m Kind of a Big Deal. It’s a little too overt. And we don’t go up to people and introduce ourselves: Hi, I’m Mark. You may know me. I’m kind of a big deal. But we have covert methods.
And especially in a town like Washington, DC, so much energy is spent jockeying for political appointments or calling press conferences or analyzing public opinion polls that it is easy to forget who you are and what you’re about. And in stark contrast to a culture where a lot of people are spending a lot of energy trying to prove to other people that they are kind of a big deal, you have Jesus putting a towel around his waist and washing feet. It was the job that was reserved for the lowest ranking servant in that ancient Jewish culture. And to use language from Philippians 2, Jesus made himself nothing and took the humble position of a slave.
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