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Day Three
from Advent Guide 2022
by Roz Dorsett
“Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.” -Romans 12:10
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We like sports in our household, all of them (Roll Tide). We can turn up the tension with just a game of Jenga. Regular sports aren’t even enough. As I type this, there are two fantasy sport trophies sitting in my house with nowhere to go. I think we all have a strand of competitiveness in us, but our family has a hefty dose.
A certain biblical sport, though, is one we should get more into. It’s one that requires letting the other team/person win. Where the goal is to help others be successful.
Scripture calls us to outdo one another. And all the competitive people said Amen.
What would happen if we all aimed to “outdo one another in showing honor”? As a competitive person, I not-so-humbly accept the challenge to one-up someone else. And in this instance, sing it with me, “the Bible tells me so.” The word of God is challenging me to outdo someone, how exciting! And I say again, what if we all did? What would our marriages look like? What would our churches look like? What would our world and society look like?
One time I heard that if a retail company’s product price is not competitive enough, it will fail. That is, if the product does not cost enough money for the consumer to think it has value, it won’t sell. A product’s value is determined
by its price. Jesus determined our price a long time ago. In Philippians 2:3 we are told just how much to value others: above ourselves. By honoring another, you are saying you see great value in them.
If we all have at least a little bit of competitiveness in us, and we all try out the sport of outdoing one another in honor, who knows, maybe we’ll all end up winners. The ball is in our court.
PRAYER
Father, thank you for the reminder that my worth is found in you and you alone. You humbled yourself before us, and my response will be to do just that every day to my brothers and sisters in Christ who are made in your image. Thank you for loving me. Amen.
