When Jesus’ disciples were fighting about who was the greatest, Jesus used the teachable moment as an opportunity to help them understand something incredibly important about what it meant to be a follower of His.  This is an idea that’s mostly misunderstood as we read the Bible today because of our view of children in the 21^st century.  American culture is such that little children are valued to the point of being worshiped; they’re spoiled beyond imagination.  But this wasn’t the case for the Jews 2000 years ago.  Children weren’t of any value at all.  They had no rights, and they weren’t deserving of anything.  Unlike today when a child does chores and receives money as compensation, children then accepted gifts from their parents (if they even received gifts) as though they were undeserving.  When Jesus told the disciples that they needed to become like little children, He was referring to the meek, undeserving nature of children in that culture.  To become great in God’s Kingdom was to make yourself a servant.  In fact, the Aramaic word Jesus used for “child” is interchangeable with “servant.”  Children had no rights; they demanded nothing and were of humble heart.  Rather than bidding servants to do as they desired they were the servants who did the bidding of others.  So how childlike are you?  Are you meek and lowly?  Or are you assuming and demanding?  The way to be great in God’s Kingdom isn’t to fight for the top; it’s to put yourself at the bottom.