Philippians 2:3
Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humilty count others more significant than yourselves.
Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit? What? Almost everything we do is motivated by these two. How will this affect me? What's best for me in this situation? What will others think of me if I do this? That person has got this, I should get one? I know I sin, but at least I'm not as bad as he is. The world operates through rivalry and conceit!
Instead we are to be humble. We often misunderstand what humilty is. we think that its the sort of "false modesty" that protests when recieving a compliment or doesn't boast about acheivements. Actually, humilty is "counting others more significant than ourselves". It is not thinking less of ourselves, but thinking of ourselves less (Warren)
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