Whoever is first will be last, whoever is last will be first

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 10:35-45

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you."He replied, "What do you wish (me) to do for you?"They answered him, "Grant that in your glory we may sit one at your right and the other at your left."Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?"They said to him, "We can." Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink, you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized;but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give but is for those for whom it has been prepared."When the ten heard this, they became indignant at James and John.Jesus summoned them and said to them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt.But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant;whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all.For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Reflection:

This particular gospel is really applicable to all. Sometimes we work really hard for a certain thing but others get it first than you who have done its best for it. This is so because time and circumstance are not ours. However, wonderful things are given to those who work harder. What Jesus really meant is that it is not him to Judge whoever wants to enter the kingdom of God. It is only the Father who can determine in the last day whoever enters the Kingdom. Jesus gave a clue that if you wanted to enter the Kingdom of God and be great, you have to serve all.