Love is kind....it is not self-seeking.
Self-seeking: having concern for ones welfare and interests before others.
We see and hear it every day on the news. People that defraud others. People that abuse others. People that put their own agendas before anyone else.
But even if we are out not out to actually do those kinds of things, would you consider that perhaps in one way or another we all do it at some point and in some way?
It actually begins as children when we try to get away with something we want. Our focus is on ourselves and not the other person. If left unchecked, it could have unfortunate consequences for us during our life.
True love is not selfish. We are admonished in Philippians 2:4, Let each of you look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Our greatest example of that is that of Jesus Christ and what he did for us on the cross. He did not come to be served but to serve and he gave his life as a ransom for many. Mark 10:45.
Someone that is selfish makes those around him miserable. And in fact, it probably makes really doesn't make him that happy as well. It is like that verse that says it is better to give then to receive. I would venture to say that, it is better to be selfless then it is to be selfish or self-serving. It is giving the kind of love that is needed just as Jesus did, when we learn to do what he asks us to do.
May 21, 2019 Promise: I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture. John 10:9
Hi Friends. Hope you are all doing well. I pray God's richest blessings on your and yours!
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