"Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself............You should have the same attitude towards one another that Christ Jesus had.........He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to death-even death on a cross!"
Philippians 2:3, 5, 8
Yesterday we talked about how we should embrace the opportunities Christ sets in front of us through the bad example of other Christ-followers. The are so many examples of mis-guided Christ followers, whose hearts seem to want to do the right thing, but they are led astray by someone with "selfish ambition or vanity." It saddens my heart to see so many people misguided and tainted by the few who have no humility, but only serve to serve themselves.
Our God is a God of love, not hatred and bitterness towards us. He despises the sin, but loves even the worst sinners because they are His creation. We need to have the same attitude towards all people: Love God, Love Others. Having a humble heart, focused on God and not ourselves is the only way to achieve this. Spewing hate, insults, and bigotry only serves the one who throws it, not our awesome God.
If we want to humble ourselves before God and serve others, we must not hate or judge. Period.
Freak
Thursday, December 8, 2011
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