"There arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be the greatest" (Luke 9:46). We know who it is that sows this thought in the Christian community. But perhaps we do not bear in mind enough that no Christian community ever comes together without this thought immediately emerging as a seed of discord. Thus at the very beginning of Christian fellowship there is engendered an invisible, often unconscious, life-and-death contest. "There arose a reasoning among them": this is enough to destroy a fellowship.
Gee, I never really thought about that (in a conscious way), but I guess you're right, there always arises that idea of competition between siblings in Christ, even subconsciously :-/
ReplyDeleteI think we should be fine as long as we don't give the devil a foothold (and pride is a huge foothold -_- hrmph) So it's definitely something to pray about.
By the way, thanks for posting these quotes every day! It's some nice food for thought amongst all the physics, chem, and math. :)