
MOMSAVER BEEF by gary-2
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature[a] God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
Recently I had a time when I felt someone was criticizing me. And I felt their motive was impure for it. So I responded with my own criticism of them.
Turns out that I was wrong. Their motives WERE pure. But I did two things wrong.
1. I judged their heart without really knowing their heart. (Judge not, lest ye be judged)
2. I broke the golden rule (Do unto others as you would have done unto you) by responding with a retaliation. Would Christ have responded like this? Nah.
I made myself look like a petty fool in front of this person.
So the verse: "Rather, in humility value others above yourselves..." Is designed not only to protect the people around you from YOUR wrath; but it's designed to protect YOU from looking like an Un-Christlike idiot.
You'll never come off looking bad when you treat others as better than yourself...even in those instances when you're pretty sure that you're the one who's right.