One of the things I often find myself thinking about are different problems that I face and how I’m going to deal with them. Maybe, as a guy, that’s normal. We’re problem solvers. We often see a problem, analyze it, and then come up with a solution to execute. But there’s an interesting thing I’ve discovered. Sometimes I can keep looking for a solution and I still can’t resolve the problem.
It’s sometimes difficult for us to look outside of ourselves. We can easily get caught up in our own world and forget that we live in community with others, and we not only interact with each other, but we help each other in different ways.
I can remember back to the time when one of my current friends and I first became friends. He was an acquaintance that I made at work. I had known him for some time but we had never really hung out. He was telling me that he was going to be moving some things into his house. So, he was preparing for that. So, I thought I would offer to see if he needed any help. He said he did and appreciated the offer. So, I ended up helping him move some of those items. As I think back, that’s really the time where we initially became friends. My offer of help opened the door for us to become friends. So, he got some help in moving and I made a friend in the process.
I recently watched an interesting video. It was an interview with a former Navy SEAL. He was being asked questions about becoming a Navy SEAL. One of the things he said was that one of the things that makes SEALs special isn’t just the physical strength. It’s their mental, moral, and emotional strength. One of the ways that they test that in training is to put people in pain. This is often done through what’s called ‘log PT’ or, ‘log Physical Training’, where they’re required to carry heavy logs. They’re also kept in the waters off the coast of San Diego where the water temperature is in the low to mid 50’s. This is meant to approximate conditions approaching hypothermia. He went on to say that, in that moment, someone has to go into their own mind. And if you start to think just about your own pain, just about your own fear, you’ll collapse and quit. But if, in that moment, you start to think about the person to the left who needs you, and the person to the right who needs you, then you’ll find the strength to go on and help to serve others. He said that’s what makes a great team.
I soon realized the scope of this man’s statements. That this isn’t really just advice for becoming a Navy SEAL. This really applies to me and my daily life. If I keep my focus just on me and my daily dilemmas I may miss an opportunity to help someone else. But if I look for those opportunities and help another person, I may just end up helping myself in the end.
Of course much of the Bible deals with helping other people. One of those verses is in Luke. Luke 6:38 says, “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” We can see that often times in life when we’ve helped other people in the past that they are more likely to want to help us. And, actually, we often get back much more than we’ve given ourselves.
Philippians 2:4 says, “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.” That pretty much sums up what the Navy SEAL was saying. The more we get wrapped up in ourselves and our own things the darker and less inclusive our lives become. Not only that, but our life is less fulfilling and rewarding. The more we include others and their problems in our lives and help them take them on, the brighter our lives become.
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I recently had a situation where I was just leaving a store and walking out into the parking lot to my car. I was almost to my car and I saw a man and his son working on trying to get a car started. Apparently it had a dead battery and needed a jump start. I was almost going to keep going and not bother because it looked like they had it under control. But, for some reason, I just asked if they had any jumper cables. They said they did. However, the way the car was parked it was surrounded by vehicles on all sides and they couldn’t reach the battery with the cables. So, what they needed was to be able to push the car back in order to reach the battery. I said, “Oh, well there should be a shift-lock release lever in there somewhere.” This would allow them to shift the car out of Park and into Neutral to roll the car back. I wasn’t sure where it was on that model of vehicle but I proceeded to help them find it. There was a little cap to remove and then I pushed the button underneath, which allowed me to shift it into neutral. So, problem was solved. They said thanks and I was on my way.
The interesting thing is that I had been having problems with my neck that whole week. I hadn’t been able to go to the chiropractor because I had been on vacation and had just gotten back. It was the weekend, so I couldn’t go into the chiropractor until Monday. But as I was driving out of the parking lot I started to move my neck and all of a sudden it just popped, and let loose. I finally had relief from my neck being out of place. I suddenly had the thought that maybe that happened because I decided to help those people. Now, I certainly can’t prove it. But I like to believe that maybe God helped me out because I decided to help those people out that day.
I guess this story is the inspiration for this post. I think we often are missing the answer to our problems because we get too focused on ourselves. I’m as guilty as many. None of this is meant to say that we are supposed to give in order to get from God or other people. But we give with the intent that we have done what is right and leave the rest to God. When we do that, we may just end up helping ourselves in ways we wouldn’t expect.
Luke 6:38 says, “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.”
Philippians 2:4 says, “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.”
Proverbs 19:17 it says, “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.”