Honor | Life-Giving Relationships
Have you ever WON an argument at home?
What exactly did you WIN? What was the PRIZE?
When it comes to relationships, the WIN is always the RELATIONSHIP.
Romans 12:10 (pg. 1,764)
v.10: “Be DEVOTED to one another in LOVE.”
“Give HONOR to one another, by ESTEEMING more highly.”
v.10: “Be devoted to one another in love. HONOR one another ABOVE yourselves.”
Implicit in this statement is a CHOICE.
Philippians 2:3-7 (pg. 1,827)
v.3: “Do NOTHING out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, rather in humility VALUE others ABOVE yourself.”
v.5: “Have this ATTITUDE in yourselves which was ALSO in King Jesus.”
v.6: “Who, being in very nature God, did not consider EQUALITY with God something to be used to HIS own ADVANTAGE.”
v.7: “He made Himself, NOTHING by taking the very NATURE of a SERVANT.”
True HONOR isn’t contingent upon the behavior or the person RECEIVING the honor.
True HONOR is contingent upon the person SHOWING the honor.
Honor is a GIFT we give OTHERS. We give it:
With the WORDS that we choose.
In our ACTIONS, putting others first.
Our REACTIONS.