But What About Me?

This morning on my way to the post office I passed a church that gives the name of the upcoming sermon on their marquee. This week it said “But what about me?” and gave the scripture Matthew 16:13-20. I wondered how the pastor would tie these verses into a sermon titled “But what about me?” In the scripture listed Jesus is talking to the disciples and asks “But what about you? Who do you say that I am?”

I kind of chuckled to myself as I first equated it with the old line, “That’s enough about me, let’s talk about you. What do you think of me?”

However, as the day wore on this question “But what about me?” has been stuck in my head. Though I don’t particularly want to face up to it, my brain has been churning this question over and over, and I will admit I’ve been convicted today. What happens when I think too highly of myself, and too poorly of others, when I worry over finances or relationships, when I am uncharitable, when I keep too busy, and when my thoughts just aren’t pleasing to God? What about Jesus? Where is He? Have I ousted him in favor of myself? Of course I have. We are ingrained to put ourselves first and watch out for number one. But God’s way is not our way, and today He has once again used the ordinary things of life to reiterate a valuable lesson.

I forget in the busyness of my every day life that the kingdom of heaven is not like our earthly world. There are different priorities such as the first shall be last and the last shall be first. Several years ago WWJD was all the rage, it was on everything. The purpose was for people to stop and intentionally consider “what would Jesus do” for every situation, and hopefully, act accordingly. Today God teaches me that I need to intentionally think “BWAM.” So when I slip into my old pattern of putting myself first Jesus will bend close to my ear and I will hear him whisper “But what about me?”