As Paul describes how he lived with the Thessalonians, he says, we lived for your sake. Three words, incredibly powerful, for your sake. To have that mindset that I'm trying to bring out the best in somebody, I'm trying to set them up for success, I'm trying to pass on what I've learned, what God has given to me. I'm living for your sake. I'm thinking about you more than even myself. And so that kind of unselfishness all wrapped up in that phrase, for your sake. And so when you think about the health of unselfishness and living out for your sake, I encourage you today to also think through, are you empowering people or enabling people? As you serve other people, you want to empower them, equip them, and set them up for success, but you don't want to enable them. And so even in parenting, you know, if you're always picking up after your kids, you can enable laziness and you're not empowering them. So, think through how you're serving today in the relationships where you can live for your sake. It's an equipping and empowering, not an enabling, but it is unselfishness. There is giving up of yourself, but in the right amount. So check those parameters and commit yourself afresh to living for other people's sake and bring out the best in other people.
