A Heart For Others 2

We started a conversation concerning A Heart For Others in our last post. You can check it out here. Though the opinions of others do not define who you are, getting feedback from them can lead to your development. Someone once told me that if more than three people say the same thing about you, then there is an element of truth in what is said. A heart for others is a heart that listens for truth.

God isn’t individualistic but collective. In the creation story, we see statements such as in Genesis 1:26, Let US make… not, Let ME make… When God confronted Cain for killing his brother, Abel, in Genesis 4:9, God asked Where is your brother? I found that a strange question because one would usually ask someone that has just committed a crime, “Why or what did you do?” 

Even though murder is wrong, it was not the root of Cain’s problem. From God’s question—Where is your brother?—it revealed that Cain did not have a heart for anyone but himself. The root was selfishness. When you think about yourself and only yourself, you would do anything to satisfy yourself, even going as far as committing murder, in extreme cases. Cain was jealous that God accepted the gifts of his brother and not his. Do you see that? He wasn’t the centre of attention and that must have hit the wrong nerve! There is a danger about the me me me mentality, and I am afraid that we see a lot of this in Christendom. Our prayers are consumed with satisfying our pleasures and passions. Enough of the Me Me Me Christianity!

So let me ask you the same question, Where is your brother?

Please remember that your ‘brother’ is not gender, race, or ethnic specific, to mention a few. Where is your brother that is being racially discriminated? Where is your brother that is being raped? Where is your brother that is being bullied? Where is your brother that is dying from starvation or poverty? What are you going to do about it?

Let’s move from the prayers of God bless me with a car, house, or money to God give me a heart for others, to touch lives, and be a blessing to others. Nothing is wrong with asking for things from God, but if it forms a majority of our prayers, then we need a heart check.

What are your thoughts?

We will continue our discussion in the next post. Kindly feel free to comment below to join the conversation.

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