A little song we sing to make sure that we are in tune, but also the song that seems to have been adopted by the world. However, instead of Mi Mi Mi Mi it is Me Me Me Me.
Popular phrases are:
Me first
What about me?
I want it all and I want it now.
Have it your way.
I did it my way.
I can’t love anyone until I love me first
We’re number One !
This way of thinking seems to have turned God’s word inside out.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31
In reading through this verse and trying to live it out, it’s hard to become any higher than third.
Number one is God
Number two is your neighbor
Chew on this a while. While you’re chewing pray for understanding and application.
Consider this verse as well as you strive to be number three.
So the last will be first, and the first last.” Matthew 20:16