Word for the Day April 24
By:
Evang. Cascille Hammack
"Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another
above yourselves." Romans 12:10
We live in a self-absorbed and self-seeking
world. The man inspired doctrine of self and psychology say your focus must be on yourself- on your life. This
is contrary to the Word of God and to the law of Christ. Gal. 6:2 commands, "Carry one anothers burdens and so
fulfill the law of Christ." 1 John 2: 4, 6 instruct, "The man who says I know Him, but does not do what He
commands is a liar and the truth is not in Him. Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus walked."
We must live a life honoring others above ourselves. Eph. 5:1,2 describes it, "Be imitators of God, therefore,
as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant offering
and sacrifice to God." A person can not love with the love of Christ if it is not in them. They will serve
themselves. People prove by their actions if they belong to Christ. 2 John 1:6 teaches, "And this is
love: that we walk in obedience to His commands. As you have heard from the beginning, His command is that you
walk in love."
We do not live by man's instructions about man. Jesus said in Mt.
4:4, "It is written: Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God." Jesus
said in Luke 9:23,24, "If anyone would come after Me, He must deny Himself and take up his cross daily and follow
Me. For whoever wants to save His life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for Me will save it." Of those
who follow their own understanding, serving themselves in selfishness, the Word declares, "They are darkened in their
understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of
their hearts." They have no sensitivity to the Holy Spirit. But we must not follow after them. God
has called us to honor others above ourselves and to put the interest of others above our own.
