here is something else that paul says in philippians 2.3 (ms), put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. another way to say it is (cev), be humble and consider others more important than yourselves.
he says you're not to put people down or criticize them; no you treat them better than yourself.
now this is a radical concept in this day and age. selfishness has been elevated in our day to an art form, a character quality but GOD says through the apostle paul to do the exact opposite. treat others better than yourself. we are a nation of people who think they are better than everybody else.
what is humility? andrew murray said, humility is not thinking less of yourself, but rather not thinking of yourself at all.
in other words, your focus isn't on you. it's not that you think less of yourself, it’s you just don't think about yourself at all. your focus is on other people. you're other centered rather than self centered.
the person that thinks he's humble isn't. the humble person doesn't even know it because he's focusing on everybody else.
just a thought from the front porch...
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