Have you ever felt as though you were in a race you never entered?
Someone gets the credit. Someone else’s work gets noticed. Someone else receives the thanks. Nothing terrible has happened. Yet, over time, feeling overlooked can quietly wear us down.
Romans 12:10 offers a different way to live: “Take delight in honouring each other.”
That turns the race around.
Instead of asking, “Did anyone notice me?” we begin asking, “Who can I notice today?”
Paul shows us what this looks like in Philippians 2:25-32. Epaphroditus had served him faithfully but became seriously ill. He was returning home with the work unfinished. People could easily have misunderstood what had happened.
So Paul told the true story.
He called Epaphroditus his brother, coworker and fellow soldier. He told the church to welcome him warmly and give him the honour he deserved.
Paul used his own words to help another person stand taller.
That is what honour does.
It is not empty flattery. It is seeing something good, faithful or costly in another person and saying it aloud.
Perhaps there is someone you can honour today.
The colleague whose quiet work keeps everything moving. The teenager who is trying harder than anyone realises. The volunteer who arrives early. The friend who keeps checking in.
Tell them what you have noticed.
And if you are the one feeling overlooked, remember this too.
God has already noticed.
You do not need to win the room. You are known, named and loved by God. Nothing you faithfully carry today is hidden from him.
So stop competing to be noticed.
Start noticing.
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