“Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself.” Philippians 2:3
Do you ever get uncomfortable with certain topics and do anything to avoid talking about them? I know I do! Recently though I found that it can become a sinful habit of placing yourself above others.
The last few months I have been working through a bible study through Ephesians and it is so awesome how much God has revealed to me and others through it, what great conversations have arisen from the scripture! But some conversations we wish to avoid, we all have those things we’d just rather not talk about. Once during a conversation something came up that I personally am awkward and uncomfortable with. That was it, another very close friend and I did all we could to stop the conversation and we succeeded....
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:2
About a month later the same friend called me up and began to talk with me about the situation. By the end of the conversation it was a mutual agreement that we had placed our own comforts above someone else who may have been crying out for help and counsel on how to deal with something. Now, we are not sure why the comment was made whether it be just for fun or if they really needed counsel hidden behind a kind laugh.
I felt horrible, why do I so often find that my comfort is more important than anyone else's needs. I mean, I was perfectly fine with any other topic or cry for help, I was even the one asking for advice sometimes, thinking, what other place would be best for it besides with your own sisters in Christ? Perhaps this lady was thinking the same thing and we shut her down so quickly because that was just something we felt is "awkward."
What a horrible habit to have, continually placing our feelings before others needs, this is not “bearing with one another in love.”
So, what creates this habit? Pride. We all have it and we all show it sometimes, some of us are just better at hiding it than others. Almost like a form of dress us girls play to be a princess, but at the end of the day they are just normal girls. Let's stop playing dress up Christians and truly clothe ourselves with humility and loving the body of Christ more than our own bodies, even if that means being a little uncomfortable sometimes.
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