Power

Power looks different for everyone.

The idea of being in a place of power or authority (which is just someone who has more power than you do) can be exciting—it can make us feel important, respected, or even intimidating to others.

If we’re honest with ourselves, we’d all like to feel powerful because it puts us in control or above someone else. But if you have ever been in a place of power, you know it doesn’t always go the way you imagine, right?

That can leave us with some complicated feelings about power and about the people who have it and those who don’t.

In other words, competing for and then gaining power is complicated.

So let's take a look at how Jesus turned the idea of power upside down.