During a recent family vacation to a popular amusement park, our family stood in line with throngs of other happy smiling faces as we awaited entrance. As we approached the end of the line to the turnstile that would let us enter the park, our peace was punctured by the shrieks of a woman in the front of the adjacent line. Wondering what could be causing such a lament, I leaned in to hear. “You! Stop! I was next! Do you hear me?” As the crowd in each line dovetailed into single files, this woman felt she had been slighted by an adjacent woman who edged in front of her. All in earshot were silently stunned, particularly in noting that in about 10 seconds we would all end up in the same place anyway. Isn’t it a wonder to consider the hierarchy of self-designated entitlements we appoint to ourselves in this life? One would think the most deserving of these might be kings and dignitaries which had earned that right. King Benjamin in The Book of Mormon teaches just the opposite to be the case.
Mosiah 2:18 Behold, ye have called me your king; and if I, whom ye call your king, do labor to serve you, then ought not ye to labor to serve one another?
19 And behold also, if I, whom ye call your king, who has spent his days in your service, and yet has been in the service of God, do merit any thanks from you, O how you ought to thank your heavenly King!
LESSON LEARNED: We are each one of God’s children. While our stations in life may seem to grant layers of temporal entitlement, the reality is that we are all on equal bearing in the eyes of Heavenly Father.
FEEDBACK: HAVE YOU WITNESSED EXAMPLES OF HUMBLE LEADERS WHO SERVE THOSE THEY HAVE STEWARDSHIP OVER?
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