I don’t know if I just need to work on this area, so I see everything through its prism or what. But what struck me again today was how much God wants us to put others before ourselves. Notice the direction Paul takes this passage. He’s talking about eating foot sacrificed to idols. I don’t think he has a problem with eating such food, but he encouraged believers to withhold from doing so if it could drag someone else down. Basically, it’s the same thing Jesus says in the Great Commandment — love others as you love yourself. In fact Paul may be taking it a step further than that — love others more than yourself.
I know I need to look at my life and my actions and ask myself everyday if I am putting others before myself. We have every temptation not to do this though. Our very human nature works against us. But there is no doubt that God called us to do so.
