"I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the
earth." --Ecclesiastes 10:7

(C.H Spurgeon)

Upstarts frequently usurp the highest places, while the truly   great pine
in obscurity. This is a riddle in providence whose
solution will one day gladden the hearts of the upright; but it is so
common a fact, that none of us should murmur if it should fall to our   own
lot. When our Lord was upon earth, although He is the Prince of   the kings
of the earth, yet He walked the footpath of weariness and   service as the
Servant of servants: what wonder is it if His   followers, who are princes
of the blood, should also be looked down   upon as inferior and contemptible
persons? The world is upside down,   and therefore, the first are last and
the last first. See how the   servile sons of Satan lord it in the earth!
What a high horse they
ride! How they lift up their horn on high! Haman is in the court,   while
Mordecai sits in the gate; David wanders on the mountains,   while Saul
reigns in state; Elijah is complaining in the cave while   Jezebel is
boasting in the palace; yet who would wish to take the   places of the proud
rebels? and who, on the other hand, might not   envy the despised saints?
When the wheel turns, those who are lowest   rise, and the highest sink.
Patience, then, believer, eternity will   right the wrongs of time.

Let us not fall into the error of letting our passions and carnal
appetites ride in triumph, while our nobler powers walk in the dust.   Grace
must reign as a prince, and make the members of the body   instruments of
righteousness. The Holy Spirit loves order, and He   therefore sets our
powers and faculties in due rank and place, giving   the highest room to
those spiritual faculties which link us with the   great King; let us not
disturb the divine arrangement, but ask for   grace that we may keep under
our body and bring it into subjection.

We were not new created to allow our passions to rule over us, but   that
we, as kings, may reign in Christ Jesus over the triple kingdom   of spirit,
soul, and body, to the glory of God the Father.