Think More About Others (1)
"How does the love of God abide in him?" 1 John 3:17 NKJV
On a scale of one to ten, how often do you think about the needs of others and try to meet them? Before you answer, read this: "Whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?" Selfishness is defined as "the state of being overly concerned with one's self." Now God is not asking you to sacrifice for others to the point where you jeopardize your own health and mental well-being, then end up resentful for doing so. Nor does He expect you to meet every need that comes your way. He's challenging the "what's in it for me?" attitude of our age in which self-gratification, self-improvement, self-enlightenment, and self-indulgence is increasingly being promoted. Selfishness dies hard, but it's a stronghold you must break in order to experience the peace and joy that give life meaning. B.C. Forbes, founder of Forbes magazine, said: "I've never known any human being, high or humble, who regretted when nearing life's end, having done kindly deeds. But I have known more than one who became haunted by the realization that they had led selfish lives." James writes: "If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, 'Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,' but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have words, is dead" (James 2:15-17 NKJV). So, think more about others.
This message taken from: Daily Devotional - The Word For You Today
On a scale of one to ten, how often do you think about the needs of others and try to meet them? Before you answer, read this: "Whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?" Selfishness is defined as "the state of being overly concerned with one's self." Now God is not asking you to sacrifice for others to the point where you jeopardize your own health and mental well-being, then end up resentful for doing so. Nor does He expect you to meet every need that comes your way. He's challenging the "what's in it for me?" attitude of our age in which self-gratification, self-improvement, self-enlightenment, and self-indulgence is increasingly being promoted. Selfishness dies hard, but it's a stronghold you must break in order to experience the peace and joy that give life meaning. B.C. Forbes, founder of Forbes magazine, said: "I've never known any human being, high or humble, who regretted when nearing life's end, having done kindly deeds. But I have known more than one who became haunted by the realization that they had led selfish lives." James writes: "If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, 'Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,' but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have words, is dead" (James 2:15-17 NKJV). So, think more about others.
This message taken from: Daily Devotional - The Word For You Today
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