If you are anything like me, you have a tough time watching people hurt. The economy, job lose, personal trauma, drug addiction and so much more are all around us. Seems to be an epidemic. Yet I think there is something else of even far greater epidemic proportions: selfishness.
Hear me out. Don't turn me off, at least not yet. The only way you turn your selfishness around is by doing something for someone else. Stop talking about who hurt you, what happened to you, the pain you are in or how bad things are. Those things may be true, but God is still God and has still blessed you. Turn things around. Give it a try.
Leviticus 19:18 HCSB
Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself.
That verse hits me hard. What part of myself do I put in front of helping others or doing things for other people? It could be the people that I come across through ministry at church, those I pass by at the store or people on the street. It could even be the people who live in my house.
This is the time to do something for someone else. Stop living for yourself and start living like others matter. We hesitate to do this because we are comfortable or callus or maybe even don’t care. That hurts, my friends. That really hurts.
Do something for someone else.
Mark 10:45 NLT
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.
I believe that God has called our church and me to lead as many people as we can to get outside of ourselves by doing something for someone else. Will you join in?
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