I Hear Your Voice Speaking

Thinking of Others
As you look back on your day and evaluate how you treated others, what do you see? Was your day an "others" day or was it a "me" day?  We live in a time of selfishness, a time when one thinks and acts for him or her self only. In doing that, we as believers, are acting no better than those that live in the world who are unsaved. Ouch!
First of all, we really should be living our lives every day in a "Christ" day manner which ultimately will result into an "others" day because that is how Christ lived. He lived His life for you and me.
"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve,  and to give his life as a ransom for many." Mark 10:45
What exactly is an "others" day?  Well, did you pray for those you encountered today or at least let someone know that your are praying for them?  Did God give you an opportunity to do something special for someone that meant you had to stop doing your thing?  Did you think of the other person before you thought of your own convenience first. Did you do something today that made someone stop and think, "Wow, he didn't have to do that for me, but thanks for thinking of me". 
Or, was your day consumed with "me"?  As you went about your business today, did you just make everything convenient for you no matter how it effected someone else?  Did you go ahead and do it your way when you have been asked not to? Were your plans for the day void of thoughtfulness for someone else? Did you even consider the other person and what might please them?
If we are living our lives for the Lord, we will be placing others before ourselves. We will be occupied in the investment of others rather than being preoccupied in ourselves. Life is too short and so unpredictable to be wasting it when we could be redeeming the God given moments that are available to us all day long. 
"Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests,  but also for the interests of others. Phil. 2:4
"Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above ourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord."  Rom. 12:10-11
"No one should seek his own good, but the good of others" 1 Cor. 10:24
IN CLOSING....
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another, By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another." John 13:34-35