When you seek God as your number one priority, He will direct you concerning your other priorities. Jesus said the second [most important commandment] is to love your neighbor as yourself. (Mark 12:31) The second priority of our design is to love others. Since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. (1 John 4:11) One way we love other people is by considering others better than ourselves. (Philippians 2:3) That’s hard! “Everyday our culture urges us to think about ourselves and satisfy our personal desires. To love others means that instead of always thinking about yourself, you are conscious of the needs of others and have a willingness to help provide for those needs.”[1]
Digging deeper: Read Romans 12:10-16 and consider ways to love others.
[1] Virginia Estes, Simplicity: Spiritual choices that bring fullness to life. (Cleveland TN: First Baptist Church, 2008), 15.
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