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"Christians ought always to be shaking up people's categories......... "The very spring of our actions," said the apostle Paul, "is the love of Christ." That goes for all of us who claim the name Christian. It is the energizing principle of whatever we do--from praying and serving the church to laundry and lawn mowing and the jobs we get paid for. Charity is the word.
Charity? In the late twentieth century? Yes. If in home, school, and the workplace the rule of each Christians' life were MY LIFE FOR YOURS ("in honor preferring one another") it would made a very great difference.
The Christian's distinctive mark is love. It was what set the Lord Jesus apart from all others. It was, in the end, what got Him crucified...Won't we run the risks of being ignored, stepped on at times, passed over for a promotion? Yes, those and a good many others. But what price are we willing to pay for obedience? the faithful, unconcerned about self-actualization, will find along the pathway of self-denial the blossoms of fulfillment. We have our Lords paradoxical promise: "Whoever tries to preserve his life will lose it, and the man who is prepared to lose his life will preserve it." "

-Elisabeth Elliot