Monday, January 19, 2009
Give Honor to who it is due
When John Bereve spoke in my church 2 weekends ago, he spoke about giving honor to who honor is due and he goes on mentioning the 3 groups of people whom we should give honor to; our leaders; our peers and our "sheep". We know it takes lot of courage to be accountable to leaders above us, and to obey them even when we NEVER agree with them, but that's life. To honor our peers was something really new; but little did I realised, I have been giving my peers the kind of honor and respect they need and it kept me thinking, that I don't give honor to them because they are my peers, rather I look at each of them and know they are the special one that should be respected and honored. Lastly to our "sheep" whom we are entrusted to; someone whom they look after! I always tell people, give them time to learn, to grow and to change. We are where we are today not because we were different from our "sheep" but rather we were given that chance by someone else (our leader) to change. Why then are we so impatient towards them now? Aren't we the same when we were still young and innocent?
Pure honoring and respect are not just for whom we fear or even people with same status; but pure honoring and respect, I believe is humility; to be able to do what PRIDE can't. To honor someone who is not as good as you are, someone who is less capable.
Have you been thinking how do you gain honor then?
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If a man's heart is proud, he will be destroyed. So don't be proud if you want to be honored." Proverbs 18: 12 (New International Reader's Version)
Just as the verse state, to be honored, let us not be proud which means, let us be humble. Stop thinking as we are so good, we are so great and people around us are nothing compared to you. I always believe if you think you are great, there's someone even greater and if you think you are worse, someone is surely has a worst life. Thus, let us learn to be contented, for all of us are given a different weight of the Cross from the Maker who knows our ability to the state of cross we are carrying. =]
Let us give honor to who honor is due, let us humble and be lifted up by the grace of God. Let us continue to learn from life.
Never think you are too good that you have reached your destination of life! NEVER.
Humble,
daphne_chloe
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