"There you are!"

People have always been self-focused, but it seems as if people have become more so as time goes on. Sin-nature tells us to “look out for number one” and to think about “what will make ME happy”. However, as Christians, God calls us to think differently, to put others before ourselves. When we walk into a room full of people, we have a choice to make: are we going to make the focus be on us, or are we going to focus on others? We have to consciously make the decision to focus on others. And we have to be honest with ourselves about it as well. We are so good at saying we are serving others, but our real motive is to be noticed. It’s not just our own hearts that know what our attitude is, everyone else can tell as well right when we walk in the door. When we enter a room, our expression and presence says either, “Here I am” or “There you are”. The first is self-focused while the latter is others-focused. May we be women of God who are truly others-focused.