It’s All About Me
Can you believe you ever held those extremist views that your life was all about HIM? Is it possible I ever really thought my life wasn’t all about ME? I can’t believe I once thought that there might have been something more to life than ME and MY and MINE. How foolish I was. I must have been off on a tangent because now I see clearly that life is all about ME.
Me
What pleases me and displeases me
Me - the world revolves around none other but me
It’s all about me and whether I’m happy or sad
The center of the universe – me, my and mine.
Me – That’s my bottom line.
Do I like it? What else matters!
What am I getting out of it?
This short life is about me –
My goals, my pleasure, my satisfaction and my feelings
Me – I’m the hub, the spokes and the rim.
It’s all about me – not Him.
The most miserable Christian on earth is the selfish and self-centered Christian. They get hurt easily. Rarely are they happy. Things never seem right for them. They are the only ones who can see clearly – others are blinded. Cranky. Crabby. Critical. Crafty. Cross. Crying and so often crowing about themselves.
Peter and Paul said very similar things about living for our selfish selves. Paul wrote:
“…He died for all,
that those who live might no longer live for themselves
but for him
who for their sake died and was raised.”
(2Corinthians 5:15 ESV)
Peter wrote:
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh,
arm yourselves likewise with the same mind:
for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men,
but to the will of God.
(1Peter 4:1-2 KJV)
Try reading the ME lines above in a different way. Substitute the 1st person pronouns (me, my and mine) with 3rd person pronouns (He, Him and His). Changing from the 1st person to the 3rd person will revolutionize my Christian life. But beware of this: we have a built-in fleshly default to slip back to the 1st person very quickly.
“Lord, by nature I am a supremely selfish being. I confess my sin of selfishness to Thee. Today Lord, I want to abandon self and live for Him who died for my sake. It is about HIM – not me.”
Walk carefully and closely with the Lord today.
Warmly in Christ
Peter Ramsay
peter@heaven4sure.com