It's easy to expect more from others than you do from yourself. Whether it's your kids, employees, or even just your friends, it's easy to demand perfection while allowing plenty of grace for yourself and all your mistakes. But thankfully, as Pastor Mark shows us today, God isn't like that. God tells his followers that they have to lay their life down for others. Following Jesus requires a great sacrifice, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. But because God is a loving father and a gracious king, he was the first to live out that example. Even before he hung on the cross, he was putting the needs of others above his own.