We need to cultivate that attitude. In a culture which is as consumption oriented, as ours is, that is not an easy task. What he said to the twelve was that in the world people like to have power and to lord it over those under them. But, he continued to say that is not the way to be among you. He who wants to be great in the body of Christ must make himself a servant to others.
Greatness is to be found in servanthood.
That is what discipleship is all about. So there are two kinds of bad news that we must be aware of before we can appreciate the good news. One is the bad news of thinking that heaven is to be gained by good works. The doctrine is not too difficult to understand, but knowing it in our heads is not equivalent to knowing it in our hearts. If you are like me, you find in your experience a continually recurring desire to have some spiritually of your own which you can count on.