[:en]FIRST THINGS FIRST
When you travel by air, before the flight takes off, an airline employee presents a safety briefing, which explains what to do if there is a loss of cabin pressure. Passengers are told that oxygen masks will drop from the compartment above and they are to put one on themselves before helping others. Why? Because before you can help anyone else, you need to be physically alert yourself.
Paul wrote to Timothy and reminded him to maintain his own spiritual health by watching his life and doctrine closely and persevere in them (1 Tim. 4:16)
This is also true with us. We need to tank up our spiritual oxygen first through time in God’s Word, prayer, and the enabling of the Holy Sprit and keep our relationship right iwth God before we can be spiritually alert to help others. – by (C.P. Hia)[:]