| This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. |
| —1 John 3:16a |
In our society today, each person seems to live as if he or she held himself or herself as the number one priority. Extreme selfishness is most often the rule of life.
But, for us “Christ’s-ones,” a whole different agenda has been set by our Savior. The Apostle John describes it this way in 1 John 3:16:
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
This is definitely not the selfish way that most people live today. This is as counter-cultural as possible. Instead of “me first,” it is “I lay down my very life for you.” It is a self-sacrificing way of life.
As we begin another new day, let’s meditate on what it might mean if we began to live this way. Then, let’s ask ourselves these questions:
- What would happen if we decided to live in a determinedly selfless way?
- What changes would we make in our lives?
- How would we treat people differently?
- What would this new attitude look like?
Then, let’s go out into this new day and do exactly what we discovered we can do.
Based on a blog originally posted on Friday, March 25, 2016
