Consider Others Better

Hello all! Today has been quite an interesting day. The LORD has taught me so much about him, and His character, and by teaching me the way I was created to live. That is, to put others above myself in every circumstance. Last night I was laying in bed, and the lights were all out, and I was just talking, and listening to God, and I heard Him say to read Philippians 1, and 2 two times, and so even though I was tired I began to read, and all it was talking about was putting others first, and letting love abound, well that is what the LORD was high-lighting to me. It was so amazing, because then today that was exactly what I was stuggling with, and the LORD just kept on reminding me of His word that He had led me to read last night. It is amazing to me that even in the small lessons of life the LORD prepares my heart to learn, and be taught, and boy was I taught, and extremely blessed.

I want to talk right now about putting others first.

Philippians 2:3 says

Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourself.

This verse is hard to live out. It is saying that in every area, even when you don't want to, consider others BETTER. Treat others like they deserve more attention, and recognition than you do.

It is hard to put others first, our minds, and sinful nature wants to control all we do, but our job is to take every thought captive, and bring it under the authority of Christ. We are called by God to consider, and treat those whom we consider the least better than ourselves. That is like a rich, high and lofty king sees a slave, and because he considers others better than himself, when he sees the slave he sees that slave better than himself, and he gives the slave the nicest of clothes, even better than the ones the king has, because he considers him better than himself.

It is hard to do that.-> To be humble in love, and to treat others better than you are treated, but in the age to come we will receive an abundance of heavenly treasures because of even our smallest choices to treat others better than yourself.

I want to encourage you, and challenge you to press into this matter. I will do the same. There is so much to be learned about going low in humility, and love, and I believe we can learn, and grow in those ways. Be encouraged. Be blessed.

Kasey