This concept of thinking of others must be a major thing for us to grasp. Paul goes make again to remind us that that we have great liberty with Christ. He also repeats that that just because we can do it doesn’t mean we have to do. Not everything we might choose to do is right to do. Not everything is helpful.
Paul makes a very clear application. He puts it simply in case we have missed it up to this point. ‘Let no man seek his own.’
We do a get job at seeking what is best for us. It was what we as the human race have done since Adam and Eve. ‘Seeking one’s own’ is the cause of most crimes and warfare. Man always wants what suits himself best and others don’t really matter.
It really is not about us – its all about others. That’s the pattern that Jesus sets after all. He only thought about us. He didn’t consider the fact that he could have just stayed in heaven, but He thought about us and left heaven in order to die – for us.
What am I willing to do for others today? It doesn’t have to be anything spectacular. Most of thinking about others is the the every day mundane things. We take time to give them a hand. We think about others when we make decisions about oursleves. We know that what we do ought to glorify God, but we also need to consider how our actions are going to affect others.
Others Lord, yes others. Let me to live to others, that I might live like Thee.
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