"At the top...At the top...At the top of the world!"

We are living in an entitled generation. One that believes it deserves all the world can offer. When I consider my generation, I often think we are a little lazy, less willing to work, but believe that they should make it to the top - and it is usually at the expense of others.

Of course, this is a generalization. But we have built up this entitlement so much that we become intolerant. If someone scolds us for our actions, we fight back. We say we believe in accomplishing major goals, but in our hearts, we only want to find the easiest, quickest option that will get us the most out of our lives with the least effort.

Right from Genesis chapter three, God told Adam and Eve that the work they were gonna do was going to be hard. A Christians, we know that is the reason that relationships can be difficult at work, that workload becomes stressful, that the mind cannot always function the right way. We are marred by sin, and so we face the punishment for our actions at Eden.

But perhaps you remember the Tower of Babel in Chapter Eleven. They worked so hard so that they could reach the top of the world. What scares me is that a meagre few thousand years later, not only are we wanting to become the top of the world, the rulers of our own lives, but we want to do it a max efficiency. Not only that, we think we are entitled to have it all now, to receive our glory.

I think to Jesus who suffered on the cross for us, who lived thirty odd years with much persecution, who did the hard yards just so we might be saved. I can't help thinking that the man who was perfect, who deserved more glory than any of us, humbled himself so much, that he counted himself not entitled, but called for a greater purpose.

His father sent him down to earth to pay the price because he loved the world. Jesus was the only man who walked this earth who was entitled to all the splendour and majesty the world could offer. Yet, he did not glorify himself. He stuck to his calling, which was to be obedient to his father's will of death.

I think as Christians, not only should we look to Christ in this way, but we much remember, we are not entitled to the same glory as Jesus. We are not perfect, and like every sinner, we are entitled to eternal, spiritual death and suffering. However, we are called by God to come to him, and to serve him. What is our main purpose and calling? To glorify God and enjoy him forever.

And remember, one day, we will be glorified with Jesus, just because he followed his calling and called his elect to submit to him. And I think this is the most merciful, gracious entitlement one could ever receive!