Serve Others First

“¹We who are strong have and obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.” – Romans 15:1 (ESV)

The weak are in need and we are those that are to care for them. It is our responsibility to work to make things better for those around us. I am to be the caregiver of those less fortunate than I. I am to provide for others and not worry about the pleasing of my own desires.

As a Christian, I am to do the will of God and for the greater part of my doings, that will mean, taking care of those around me without thinking of myself. And this is where we find the difficulty in living for Christ. Isn’t our salvation to make things better for us? Aren’t we to be in a better place once we have accepted Christ as our Lord and Savior?

I believe we have to be careful what we are looking and waiting for. Our better comes once we go to be with our Lord and Savior. Although, I will ask, when you see the smile on a child’s face after you just sit to play with them, or the joy in someone’s demeanor when you help them with a difficult task, how are you feeling then? You see, we are here help others and not be looking for our own gratification, although when we do complete the task of assisting others, we naturally receive glory to the degree that we are willing to do that again.

When you see others having a time of it, what is your reaction? Where are you focusing your attention in the area of glorification? Are you looking to bear the obligation of serving others before yourself?