DEVOTION
PHILIPPIANS
IN OTHERS I THINK
Phil 2:19-20
19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you. 20 I have no one else like him, who takes a genuine interest in your welfare.
NIV
To have the concern for another beyond myself seems such a noble thought. Indeed should not I take a lesson from the man called Timothy? One who served others beyond his own interests, not just Paul but the church at large? No matter the cost, the time, the distant, or the danger Timothy was the one who could be counted on to get the job done for Christ. I must ask myself, am I ready to do the same? Should Christ call will I respond without thought of my own interests. Do I take a genuine interest in the welfare of my fellow servants of Christ? If so, how do I show that? How do I respond to their needs? Is it metered out based on the amount of free time I have after seeing to my own needs and desires? Based on what percentage of that free time I am willing to give up from pursuing my own leisure moments? Am I truly willing to give myself whole heartedly to the cause of another? That is the question; what is my answer?
1 comment:
The answer is yes yes yes! Always put others first - oops - but what about the laundry that needs washing, the house that needs cleaning, the dinner that needs cooking - are those needs of my family that I put first instead of reading that book I can't seem to get to, or the game I want to play on the computer, or the articles I want to find on ebay - it that the same?
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