Selfishness

Today I was sitting in my room thinking about my life, my friends, my work, what I will do next.... when I realized that selfishness had made its way into my life and I thought, why am I so selfish? The majority of people today struggle with selfishness and they don't even realize it is a bad thing. I am so tired of seeing the world only thinking about themselves. And I know that I have been just as guilty as everyone else in this subject. When did we come to this point in our life that "ME" was all that mattered? Have we truly forgotten what is important in this world? Are we so prideful that we can not humble ourselves enough to think about someone else and how it will affect them? Most people in the world just don't realize that all the things on this earth mean something that is so very small in the view of eternity. In Philippians 3:8, the apostle Paul wrote about how little everything else means when you put it next to Jesus. That knowing Jesus Christ as the Lord and Savior makes everything else in your life considered garbage. That is a very bold statement to make, but a very true statement still. When you are on your deathbed someday, you aren't going to ask for the title of your car, or your favorite pair of shoes... so why does it matter so much now?


I know of a family where selfishness had tainted the relationship they had. This family was very close and even though they were all living their own lives, they loved each other enough to call and spend time together as much as possible. However, a person in this family had selfish tendencies and though sometimes, it didn't seem that bad, this time it was a disaster. For the opportunity at a chance for fame and fortune, this person strained their relationship. What a high price to pay for the possibility, not even the guarantee, of being a part of the fame and fortune.


Though many people don't deal with the degree of selfishness that this person, we all deal with some degree or form of it.  We can choose the happiness and convenience of ourselves over the happiness and convenience of others. I decide to make the decision today to quit my selfish tendencies and begin to think more about what I can do for other people rather than what I can do for myself. We all end up happier after we help someone else don't we? :)


Lord, thank you for the living word that you have given us so that we may learn to be more like you everyday. I ask that you work in every life that is reading this and that you will help defeat this mindset of selfishness. That we will think more about what we can do for others rather than what we can do for ourselves. Because if you had come to this earth thinking about You more than us, we would be forever lost. Thank you for dying on the cross so that we may join you in Heaven one day. In Jesus' name, Amen!