Consider others better than yourself

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.” Philippians 2:3
This is advice we all need to hear. It’s so easy to look down on other people and think we are better than them because we don’t sin like they do. That may be true, but we might sin in ways that they don’t. When it comes to the gulf between God and natural man, we are all on the same level. Conversely, God’s love for us is the same for each person. Nobody is worth any more, or any less, than anyone else, to God. He sent His Son to die for us all.
The ultimate goal of the Christian walk should be to love God and love other people (Matt. 22:37-40). Loving other people, in a Biblical sense, doesn’t mean you have to like them. But it does mean what we are told here: to consider them as better than us. Speak politely and respectfully to them, offer to help even if it means going out of your way. If you both arrive at the checkout counter at the same time, let them go first. Selfishness won’t get us anywhere in life – not in this life, nor in God’s kingdom. But a life of humility, putting others first, will give us a right perspective. Jesus died so that everyone might have the opportunity to be saved. Because of this price that was paid, we cannot look down on anyone.