Self and Selfie
An Indian government food inspector dropped his cell phone in a reservoir in May, while taking a selfie. When divers couldn’t retrieve it, he ordered that the 500,000-gallon reservoir be pumped dry. They eventually found the phone, but it was too waterlogged to operate. He then found himself in “deep water.” He was suspended from his job and fined, since the water was intended to irrigate farmland during the hot summer in Chhattisgarh state.
He would have fared much better had he heeded the example of Jesus, referred to by the apostle Paul:
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.
Philippians 2:3-4
Source: World Magazine, July 15, 2023, p. 22
