Outdoing One Another? (Romans 12:10)
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. (Romans 12:10) (ESV) WOW! That’s a new concept…Competing, outdoing one another in love. We all like to compete, we see it in churches all the time. We see it in children as well. Competing for attention, but how about competing in loving our pastor more or anybody else for that matter. Here are verse 9,10 in the Message translation (A translation in English is the same verse said in a different way) Love from the center of who you are; don’t fake it. Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good. Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle. This says it differently…play second fiddle means put the other before you. Play to accompany, to uplift. In other words, God expects us to excel in love and get better and better at it. We got to outdo, outperform one another in love. Not comparing to the other but constantly outdo for the sake of God’s reputati