Can you please explain to me why a trophy is rewarded to a child who comes in last place? It’s not good to be a loser. We don’t earn things anymore, but rather expect that our rewards should just fall out of the sky. Our society makes us think that we are entitled, owed, due to receive. Our wants get mistakenly transformed into needs. The universe begins to revolve around me. We build ourselves up, inflating our ego beyond the natural limits, which of course leads to a dangerous end. This way of thinking is unfortunate. Jesus, the radical that He was, countered this very concept in many ways. He made losing a good thing.