The point I am pondering today from my book is this: Jesus didn't just say, "Be satisfied if you are given the lowest seat"; he said, "Take the lowest place." Basically, do I compare outwardly my position because I care about the "status" in the community, or inwardly my position because I care about what God wants me to be and do?
Type A: Am I about how far up the latter I get? What position in line I am? How many places I've traveled? How high my paycheck is? How big my house is? Are my clothes in fashion? What kind of car I drive? How many degrees I have? What's my status in the socialite circle? Do I have the perfect marriage?
or am I
Type B: How many people can I help today? Where can I be useful? Where can I be a servant? Where would God have me?
This is my black and white thinking. Either I am Type A, or I am Type B. Really, I am somewhere in between today. I am striving for Type B, and more times than not I am living there. It's when I see the Jones' living more towards Type A and they seem happy, that I start getting competitive and wanting the same things again that I had. What is that? My humanism? Satan creeping in? I think both. I need to remember where Type A got me.....to Type B. God is SO good!
I also have to remember that even though it may appear that the Jones' are leaning towards Type A, that just like me, it may be just a blip and then the scale will start shifting again to Type B.
One last point, if you are thinking I am writing this about you, then you might want to take a look at how often you are living in Type A.....because this story, was really about me. :-)
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