"An argument arose among them as to which one of them was the greatest."(Luke 9:46)
Who's #1 has always been an argument that human beings like to have. In our nature seems to be a competive gene. That's not always a bad thing. How can we ever improve ourselves if we don't have someone or something to compare ourselves to.
However the shadow side of this is when those comparisons are used to make sure there is someone below us and often that is masking the fact that we don't get to make such a claim. There are also situations where it is not called for.
In the eyes of Christ this argument was meaningless. For in the eyes of God we are all equal. Loved and held accountable by the same rules. When we humans decide to impose our measuring sticks in is when it begins to crumble.
To constantly have to say "I'm the greatest!" or to constantly need that affirmation, I believe says something about the depth of one's faith. The less noise, the deeper.
Blessings,
Ed
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