All About Others

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Don't be controlled by your body. Kill every desire for the wrong kind of sex. Don't be immoral or indecent or have evil thoughts. Don't be greedy, which is the same as worshiping idols.  God is angry with people who disobey him by doing these things.  And this is exactly what you did, when you lived among people who behaved in this way.  But now you must stop doing such things. You must quit being angry, hateful, and evil. You must no longer say insulting or cruel things about others.  And stop lying to each other. You have given up your old way of life with its habits.  Each of you is now a new person. You are becoming more and more like your Creator, and you will understand him better.

Colossians 3:5-10 - CEV

If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, have you given up your old way of life with its habits?  Or are you still controlled by your body?

Before you turn your life over to Jesus Christ and become His disciple your life is all about you!  What you seek every day is some way to make yourself happy.  You want to be famous and prosperous.  You want those things that satisfy your desires.  In your "world" you look for position and power!  It is the same self centered existence that you first had as a baby, seeking and crying for everything your body wants!

But Jesus came to make you free from a life that is all about you!  When Jesus pours His life into your  heart you have awakened within you the desire to live for others and not for yourself!  It is not the approval of other men that you seek, but rather the approval of God as you set about to be a blessing to people God created in His own image!

When your life is all about "others," you will become more and more like Jesus.  Then, you will better understand the One who Created you!  Your priority list for life should have God first, others second, and yourself last!  That will happen as you become the new person Christ made you to be!

"Lord Jesus, help me today to understand You more as I put You and other people before my own desires.  May Your Holy and Righteous Name be praised now and forever.  Amen."