Selfish versus Selfless
I find it sadly ironic that in our society today being selfish is encouraged more than being selfless yet the later, selfless, brings not only more fulfillment to the giver but it pleases God as well.
People tend to have an ‘entitlement’ mentality and most are not even aware of it. “I deserve…” is slowly bringing our country to ruin. First it has killed the family, next the community then the world follows.
Sadly even our Declaration of Independence subtly, well really out rightly, encourages it when it was stated “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”. Interesting enough is that the Bible states otherwise in that we were created for His good pleasure and not our own.
Our pursuit of happiness ought to be in the Lord and not ourselves. Serving God and then others next should be our life priorities. Taking care of number one for the Christian should not ever begin with ‘self’.
This again reminds me of the great song my wife carried from her childhood and passed to our children:
‘J’-‘O’-‘Y’, ‘J’-‘O’-‘Y’
This is what it means
Jesus first
Yourself last
And Others in between.
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