Self- centered people: you know you know at least one. They’re the people that won’t go somewhere if it’s not benefiting to them, that won’t sacrifice their afternoon to spend time with someone who is sick or stuck at home, the ones that stomp their feet and slam doors if they don’t get what they want. I really don’t like these people. I’m guilty of doing some of the above, I’m not perfect and I am the first to admit it. But I’m not talking about me.
What if God was selfish? What if His own comfort went before His love for us? The most obvious answer is that the cross wouldn’t have happened. The next, is that we would have a poor example of unconditional love; “I love you so much, but not enough to die for you. It’s just not that appealing to me. Sorry.” As people who long to follow Christ, we are called to be like Him: giving and loving. In fact, 1 Corinthians 13:5 says “love does not seek it’s own”. How does a selfish person reflect Christ when absolutely everything they do is about them? They reflect a warped Christianity that really isn’t a true reflection of Christ at all; this is the reflection that the whole world sees of Christians. They’re too distracted by the multitude of self-centered, hypocritical, narrow-minded “Christians” that they’re missing out on just how amazing a life with Jesus really is.
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