Yesterday, I experienced a first.
"Now boarding first class" I heard over the loudspeaker.
"Ugh…" I thought.
"No wait, that's me!" My ears perked as I recalled that I had been surprisingly upgraded!
I grabbed my bag and strutted down the terminal with a select few – head held high, feeling like I was on top of the world. I felt honored. I felt alive.
I was the first to take my seat and watched the rest usher in. I'm a people watcher, so that was wonderful. I reclined my seat and stretched my legs in comfort – like never before. I felt it absolutely necessary to indulge in these momentary pleasures, and to be honest, I sucked out every last second of luxury that I could.
It seemed as if these endless luxuries were at my disposal. I was overwhelmed and full of satisfaction.
After soaking in comfort for a while, I sat up and thought, "because of this higher standard, it seems as if the people up here live up to it. High class yields high class, and I was thrown into it – undeservedly."
This got me to thinking. When I finally realized that I am who I am because God says I am, and that He threw me into this new high class – the standard of Jesus – as an empowered son of God who didn't earn any of it, well, I began to live up to it. This altered the course of my life.
I had been undeservedly upgraded. Endless love, unending Kingdom was at my fingertips, and all because of nothing I had done – it was all because of what He had done for me. First class came to me, loved me, spoke into me, served me, and raised me to a higher standard.
You see, we raise each other to a higher standard. This is a gift. Indulge in the Father, speak into someone's life, love them, serve them, and usher them into first class – this higher standard of living in Jesus – today.
Remember when you stepped into "first class"?
