Each time I read this verse it makes me smile because of the message it reveals to me, Get Over Yourself!
Too many times in life we miss the chance to make a true difference in someone else’s life because we are too absorbed in ourselves.
We get so caught up in our life, our troubles, our successes, our perceived importance that we don’t see the person in need right in front of us.
I can look back on many times in my life when my singular focus on what was going on in my life prevented me from helping someone that needed it.
I look back and I see the missed opportunity to be a difference maker and to take the focus off of me and place it on someone else
I got so caught up in my own importance that I didn’t feel I had time to help anyone else.
This is sad because each of us has gifts and talents that someone out there needs.
You have something that can take someone that’s broken and help them heal.
You have something that can lift someone up at a time in their life when they feel at their lowest.
But in order to do these things you have to shift the focus from you and onto the people around you.
The opportunities to make a difference will show up in your life each and every day.
Will your focus be in the right place where you see the opportunities and can act on them?

Truth In Love! ~ Chuck