I don't have a particular text for the theme, "It's all about me," but it is certainly condemned in scripture. What we know about Jesus from the gospels would help us know it is wrong. I thought about this while reading Job. His friends thought it was all about them, and bless his heart Job had some it himself. I did not count the personal pronouns in chapters 30-31 of Job, but there a pile of them. I can see the "all about me" syndrome in everyday life. I see it in politics, in churches, in businesses and, surprize, surprize - in myself. It is difficult for us to not think it is all about "me." We are all, after all, "me's." (So much for my grammatical skills.) This attitude is inevitable, but it is not right. It is something that we Christians need to fight tooth and nail, and when we see it in ourselves, we should pray and get it out of our systems. Allow me to give you an example the "all about me" lifestyle. I have seen people in churches get mad about something that they did not like. Instead of acting like Christians and trying the solve the problem, they just gave up on church altogether. What they were saying was: "The kingdom of God can just go on without me." I know that the church is not the entire kingdom of God, but it is the closest thing to it that you will find on this earth. If "I" am so important that the kingdom of God can go to the devil, then "I" need to repent in sackcloth and ashes.What if Jesus thought this way? He would never have gone to the cross. You could say that Jesus thought it was "all about us," because He died for us. Take my word for it, it is not easy to overcome the emphasis on "me," but we need to be aware of it everyday and guard against it. During this year of illness, I've had to guard against putting all of the emphasis on me, especially during the most critical months. Thank God that I was aware of it and didn't act on all of the time. It is a struggle to overcome ourselves, but it is a struggle worth engaging in. Until we are at least aware of it, and fighting it, we cannot live authentic Christian lives.
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