This may sound judgmental, but I’d say most people pretty much only look out for themselves.  It’s rare to find a person that truly puts others above themselves.  If you’re a follower of Jesus, isn’t that what we’re called to do?  Isn’t that what Jesus did?  He gave himself as a ransom for many and humbled himself even to a death on a cross.


Wow.  I know I don’t live that way most of the time.  Sure, I’ll get a good one in every once in a while and then I’ll hold on to that one for too long.   “Hey, I did such and such for so and so 3 months ago!  Isn’t that good enough?”   Um, well, no.


I’ve been chewing on this verse for a while now:


Philippians 2:21  For everyone looks out for his own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.


Go and read Philippians 2, it’s so good in The Message.  Now that's what I call living an Intentional Life.


What do you think?

 

[image by Jeff Kubina]

 

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