In February 2015, a user from Tumblr, a social media platform, posted a photo of a dress with the question: “What colors do you see?” The image went viral as people perceived different colors; some saw blue and black, while others saw white and gold, I remember seeing a blurry white color, Within hours, family, coworkers, and friends were arguing over the color of the dress, Over 11 million tweets in 24 hours surrounding the hashtag #TheDress generated many heated discussions.
There is a scientific explanation that a person’s brain interprets ambiguous lighting differently based on individual perception patterns, However, the emotional response revealed a deeper human nature that we want to defend our perspective, even when it’s meaningless, If we fight over trivial dress colors, imagine how much more insistent we are on matters that will affect our lives,
Christian living is doing what benefits others and letting go of what we want.”
Sometimes, we insist that others see things our way, Paul understood this nature and taught the Corinthians an alternative: sometimes we are to voluntarily set aside what we want for the sake of others, In this passage, we will discover that one of the essentials for Christian living is doing what benefits others and letting go of what we want.
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