We Exist For Them

I witnessed a sad communication exchange the other day between two people. They were discussing a discouraging event that had taken place. One was sharing their frustration over the way they were being “unfairly treated” by a company, and the other was sharing their negative experience with the same company, and the overall general disgust for organizations who fail to meet their expectations.

And then I saw an image that read, “Let there be peace on earth, and let it start with me.”

Peace on earth.

And we might be thinking more about that this time of year.

But I wonder how this might be bringing more peace to the earth?

While we might be tempted to believe that the world exists to cater to us… to our needs, our comfort… our well being, our enjoyment… our pleasure… I think we have it backwards.

Didn’t Jesus… the King of the world… come to serve and not be served? Wasn’t it in His sacrifice of humility that He saved an entire universe? In the midst of the harshest and cruelest rejection a person could ever face, we never hear of Him once speaking of unfair and unjust treatment. He had the mindset that we should aim to have… “They don't exist for me, I exist for them.”

And just maybe by our humble response in the midst of improper treatment, we could change everything.

The world doesn’t change until we do.