This morning, as I was ironing one of my favourite work shirts I noticed a tear at the trail end, back of the shirt. Just a 2 cm vertical split slightly off-center, and after ironing it I put it on. Buttoned it top down, I proceeded to tuck my shirt in only to hear the sound of ripping thread.
Aren’t we like that sometimes? We know that certain attitudes of ours gets us no where, still we carry it around. Attitudes like being indifferent, egoistic, self-promotion, are so subtle that they may as well be to ourselves should we fail to look in the mirror.
The weekend’s sermon titled “Humility before honour” brought a mirror to me, causing me to see my weaknesses reflecting on it. My immediate responses,”I’m not that proud. I think I’m pretty humble.” caused me to think deeper, cause those are the exact symptoms of pride and egoistic attitude. It may not show in my ministry as a cell leader, or worship team member but if I were to be honest with myself, I do project myself to high standards (possibly higher than I should) in the working world.
I’m thinking at this moment, how is this wrong? I have not been in situations of which I have failed my own high standards, then again, I can’t remember any such obvious circumstances in the the daily routine past 9 months. However, the interviews I have attended stand out as moments where I have “sold” myself to potential employers. Are the results of those interviews telltale signs of my pride? What then should the attitude be when approaching prospective jobs that require a higher function than you may provide?
Striking the balance seems like a hard thing to do, but thinking deeper, it’s not really about balance. It’s about the order. The order of which humility precedes honour and attitude precedes actions. The former would prolly be a little harder to accept, but I suppose that’s what makes us different. Bad attitudes definitely has to go, but good attitudes also needs to be cultivated.
So old torn shirts need to be thrown away, and new shirts need to be bought.
The old must go for the new to come