Honor would be shown to the least. Power would be shown by its opposite. The way of glory was marked with humility.

Jesus saves us from the love of money which sent the rich young man away sad.

God’s promise never to separate us from the love of Jesus means that our security, and our confidence, and our forgiveness—even for our part in past divisions—depends entirely on His faithfulness and not ours.

You cannot “be what you want to be” and follow Jesus. Jesus has a higher calling for you, a calling which is more personal.

Jesus takes that which is overlooked and unappreciated and celebrates this child as the place where God is at work.