Where Is Your Focus?

Brother Neff’s Collections – February 4, 2015

November 29, 2025

Philippians 2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

No one likes to be thought of as being self-centered.  But if we are honest – all of us have a strong tendency in this direction.  Our biggest problem is that we usually fail to see this fault in ourselves, even though everyone else can see it.

A person all wrapped up in himself makes a very small package.  Self-centeredness is a very un-Christian trait.  It stops us from showing love and concern for others, and it is contrary to the example set by our Lord.  He left heaven to live in poverty, to endure rejection, and to die like a criminal on a Roman cross.  That’s why when the apostle Paul taught us to look after the needs of others, he pointed to Jesus as our model.

Christianity and self-centeredness do not mix.  The Christian believer must lose himself in Christ.  The world is too needful and too desperate for any believer to be focused upon himself.  Every believer is needed to reach the lost and lonely, the shut-ins and helpless, the hungry and cold, the sinful and doomed of his community and city, country, and the world.  

Where is your focus?

Reflection—Courtesy and care for another’s well-being is a demonstration of the love of Jesus.