it saddens me to see and to feel the competitive nature that seems to come so "natural" (but really is unnatural) between people in and a part of everyday life. i used to be one of them. where does the competition flow from? where is its source?
obviously, as with anything else... what is on the inside WILL eventually come out to the outside world to say hello to everyone. regardless of how well we try to hide these things, they will eventually loose their chains at the opportunity to see daylight. that is why the bible is clear about guarding our hearts... for that is where life begins.
so where is the source... maybe it comes from us thinking that we are right... or that we do it better. is that not PRIDE? the source is and will always be our hearts.
its like we need AA for competition... hi my name is freddy and i am a person full of pride and a competition addict.
i pray that competition moves further and further from my heart and my reality.
i pray that competition and pride be purged from the church culture and in its stead will be authentic followers of christ with nothing to prove but he is our source.
so... i don't know what is more beautiful, our unity or our diversity... or how about just knowing the answer is YEP.
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