Think Victory! UNSELFISHNESS

Unselfishness

Philippians 2:3-4 “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.  Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.” (NIV)

The next leadership characteristic in the acrostic JJ DID TIE BUCKLE is the quality of unselfishness. When you’ve been paddling for a few hours and your shoulder muscles fatigue from such usage, the thoughts begin to creep in, “Hey, why don’t I let the other guy paddle for a while.” “I did my share of paddling – I deserve a break!” This is NOT the attitude of unselfishness. Unselfishness sees things just the opposite. The thoughts of unselfishness are more like, “Hey, let me give the other guy an easier time by paddling for him. For the men in our group who had small children with them, some of the men gave them a break by taking their sons on their canoe for them. It was a clear demonstration of unselfishness. Some guys rotated taking turns in being the last canoe in the group to make sure everyone in front of them was OK.

I also observed this dynamic of unselfishness displayed this past week. I had a unique opportunity to teach a biblical counseling course to a number of seminary students from Seoul, South Korea. I have taught this course in my church and will be teaching it again in the Keswick Institute of Biblical Studies in the fall semester. What I observed among the students from Korea was an attitude of unselfishness. I was welcomed as their guest. They were gracious in making sure I shared their food with them (This was a very interesting experience). I was treated with honor as their “professor.”

The Apostle Paul instructs us in these above verses that in humility, we are to consider others better than ourselves. We must seek out what will benefit others over what will benefit us. When we act this out, there must be no hidden agendas, no ulterior motives -- Only a heart that seeks to reflect the attitude of Christ -- Which is what Paul writes in verse 5, “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.” The sin of addiction, at its core, is selfish. Those in addiction only seek out what benefits themselves rather than others. As we go through this day, seek to serve others be seeking out what will benefit them. Pastor Mike Woods – Director of Addiction Recovery Ministries for Men at America’s KESWICK.

GREAT QUOTE: Spread out your petitions before God, and then say, "Thy will, not mine, be done." The sweetest lesson I have learned in God's school is to let the Lord choose for me. Dwight L Moody

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