Not That Important (Me)

If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important. [Galatians 6.3]

I love this verse.

I love this verse because it leaves nothing to the imagination. It is clear and direct.

What is "help"?

Help is help. But for the best example of what help looks like, we must look at the life of Jesus.

Help, in Jesus life, looked like turning water into wine, healing the sick, raising the dead, feeding large groups of people, casting out demons, and declaring the Kingdom of God.

As I consider my own life, I would like to think that I don't help more because I fear that my faith will not support it. But as I consider more the words of Paul above, I realize that my fear is nothing more than my pride.

Think of it like this: I can say I fear that I will not succeed in faith. But is not that pride? What is faith if it is not making ourselves totally vulnerable to the works of God (that we could, in no way perform ourselves). The fear of failure is nothing more than pride!

We have opportunities every day - every time we see a need (any need) and pass it by (whether we have the means to meet the need or not).

If we fear failure, we are making ourselves - our pride - more important than following Jesus' example.

Words to think about...

Father, I am NOT that important that I should not - cannot - meet the needs of others!