But Enough About Me...What Do You Think of Me? (Galatians 5:19-23)
Remember the old acronym "J.O.Y."? It equals Jesus, Others, and You. I think a lot of us have forgotten that. In our culture there seems to be no limits to selfishness and insensitivity to others. New lows in both categories are achieved daily. As Christians we're not to ride the selfish express. We've been called to counteract it with selfLESSness, love, kindness, and giving.
When you read the verses above you can see that selfishness is a part of each bad act mentioned in the list. Selfishness is a big deal in our country, but that's nothing new. By ourselves we're all selfish and self-consumed.
Fortunetly, as Christians we're given a new nature, one that's like God's! We have unlimited resources available to us in that nature to become truly loving, selfless, caring, giving, and kind. But this change requires some radical steps that need to be taken in order to acheive it. You've got set aggresive goals for serving and expressing selfless love to others.
Think of some ways you could be selfless with everyone you come in contact with on a regular basis. You see, it's in there, you have the ability to be selfless. Think about how much your relationships would be different if you acted this way all the time! It would seriously change you.
As we do these right actions more and more, we'll notice right attitudes being born, attitudes that tremendously stoked by serving and giving to others. So...the payoff is well worth it. To break the hold of being selfish in your life, you've got to quit being stuck on yourself.