Changing our Conversation

“… we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.” 1 Corinthians 8:1b (NRSV)

It is easy to get enamored with ourselves and our ideas. We think we are pretty clever and intelligent. We are arrogant and prideful people…at least I can be. I once heard a statistic that said 90% of Americans believe they are smarter than 50% of people. At least 40% of those people are wrong and if they were smart enough they would be able to figure out if they were wrong or right.

I love this saying by Paul. It is so easy to get caught up with our knowledge with being right in our conversations instead of loving. In our relationships and dialogue with people we are usually more interested in our self than the other person. We even think thoughts like, “was that okay to say?”, “I wonder if this person likes me?” Our lives are all about us. Yet the life of discipleship, the life of following Jesus makes our lives not about us but about Him and therefore about others.

What would it look like in our next conversation with someone if we were more concerned about them and loving them then being right or displaying ourselves