31Aug16

1 Corinthians 12:26 NKJV
And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Have you ever seen someone get an award and thought to yourself, "why didn't I get that award? I worked harder than them." Or maybe someone got a break you thought you deserved. Recently, a friend of mine got an opportunity that I had been working for and hoping for myself. When I got the news, I couldn't help but be torn up inside. I was NOT happy for him. I could only think of one thing at that moment... myself. And there's the hitch. We have a hard time being a part of something bigger than ourselves because we are constantly thinking about ourselves. It's like looking through a microscope at something while the rest of the world is happening in macro. We become myopic. Instead of celebrating the wins with others, or suffering the pain with others, we only think of how it affects us. In order for there to be true unity in the body we have to zoom out. We have to at least think of others as being AS important as ourselves... or as God would ask us to, think of them as MORE than ourselves. Today try and find one person that you are putting ahead of yourself. Win with them or lose with them. But, BE with them.