"Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too." (Philippians 2:3-4, NLT)
Across from our house is a park that has some ponds which house ducks and geese. Now there are not many ducks but a lot of geese. They love to come into our yard to have a meal on whatever they can find. They love to eat the crabapples.
The geese will sit in a circle around the crabapple tree. One of them will get up, stretch his long neck, grab a limb and shake it so that crabapples fall to the ground. Then all get up and start eating. When all are eaten they will go back to the circle and wait for another goose to get up and grab another limb. The goose that shakes the limb won't get much to eat but they do take their turns so that all can eat.
Paul wrote in the Scripture above to the Philippians that this is what we need to do as Christians. We should not forget about ourselves but do more for others. This goes further than what Jesus taught when He said to do to others as you would have them do to you. Paul is saying do more for others than you would have them do for you.
Prayer: Our Provider, we praise you. We thank you for all your many blessings. Please forgive us when we get selfish and don't think of others. Help us to follow the teachings of your son Jesus Christ to do to others as we would have them do to us. In your holy name we pray, Amen
Thought for the day: Let us stretch our necks out to help others in our day to day living.
by Dean W. Masters
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