Default setting

I was speaking with a brother last night about how our goal in the Christian walk (one of them anyway) is to move from selfishness (our default setting) to selflessness. In the process of sanctification (big church word for becoming like Jesus) we have this battle because our default setting is to be selfish...to take care of ourselves. We battle daily to get out of ourselves and first look at the needs of others and then to take whatever action we can to help others. I love how Jesus boils down "the law and the profits" into two commandments, "Love God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength and love your neighbor as yourself" Brilliant! And it sounds so simple, but then putting it into action takes getting ourselves out of the way and well that requires changing our default setting which, like on a computer, can be done, but takes some help from the Holy Spirit living in us and seems to be a very slow process. And sometimes even seems to be one of those one step forward, two steps back situations, but we must remember that it is a process. So don't get discouraged! Hang in there and trust God to work in you.