Romans 1:11-12 “For I long to see you so that I may
impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be established; that
is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each
of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine. ” (NASB)
Hello,
We call it the ‘win-win’. That scenario that we see how
mutual benefit could be had through efforts made on both sides. The funny part
of this is that we often don’t think of the win-win first. We typically start
by just looking for how we benefit – and it is only when that struggles to be
clear that we step back to the win-win. But what if we start with win-win in
mind what does that say about our perspective? To me as soon as we ignore the
benefit to the other party (or don’t start with it) we are going down a selfish
and unloving track.
Paul was excited about getting to the church in Rome – he was
looking forward to mutual encouragement. I think this is a challenge to us.
Here was Paul – the big man – who shows great humility and selflessness as he
strove for mutual encouragement. He was not just looking for what would benefit
himself, but really for that mutual benefit with those who were going after the
same goal he was.
How is your initial mindset? Are you looking for self, or
for others to also benefit?
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