KUW Insights Podcast

Familiarity Breeds Contempt

Ade Ojomo Season 2 Episode 11

Welcome to the KUW Insight Podcast. Today’s insight is titled Familiarity breeds Contempt written by Ade Ojomo and read by Zoe Ekundare:

  1. Have you ever been taken for granted?
  2. What do you think was the root cause?
  3. How did you handle the situation?

Welcome to the KUW Insight Podcast. Today’s insight is titled Familiarity breeds Contempt written by Ade Ojomo and read by Zoe Ekundare:

 

  1. Have you ever been taken for granted?
  2. What do you think was the root cause?
  3. How did you handled the situation?

 

There is nothing wrong with getting use to someone, but it becomes an issue when it leads to disrespect and lack of appreciation.

 

Time and time again we see this situation between husbands and wives, pastors and congregation, employer and employees, friends and best friends.

 

The danger of this situation, especially in marriages is that if the relevant parties are insecure, they will look elsewhere for respect and appreciation. 

 

Jesus was not spared from this concept as we see in Mark 6 v 2-4 as his teaching amazed the people and rather than appreciate the awesomeness of the message, they only saw him as “the carpenter’s son.

 

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. “Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him that he even does miracles! Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.

 

To avoid perceiving people with thoughts of them being “only the carpenter’s son” and hence disrespect:

 

1.    Remember that we are all God’s creation

2.    Love is never Rude

3.    Always honour and appreciate people because we were all created in God’s image

 

Goodbye and until the next KUW Insight, 

 

Shalom – Love Never Fails