Currently Listening Good Monsters By Jars of Clay see related

Ok, so most of you have seen this acronym:

Jesus first

Others next

Yourself last

But then I was thinking, how do most people live their lives? What is the way of the world, of natural man; our tendency as fallen people, even as Christians? It looks something like this:

Yourself first

Others next

Look familiar? How often do I slip into the "YO" routine? Don't ask. But then I thought a little further. There are people out there who do good things, who are selfless, who the world deems 'good people'. You know who they are. Charity workers; people who invest their time, their money, their energy into other people; people who show a love for other people with little to no regard for themselves. They might be nurses, soldiers, benefactors, or the waiter at the local grill. They look like this:

Others first

Yourself next

Hmmm... still not complete is it? Is it any wonder the resulting acronym is a Jewish exclamation of surprise? Without Jesus, all our righteousness is as filthy rags and will get us nowhere.

Sobering thought for the day. Wake up, Christians! (Wake up, Luke)