Pride cannot be without prejudice. They are couples that ensure a man's fall from his own height of exclusivity.
The reason we ignore people who are below our rank is because we think they cannot help us . We tend grow the tendency to parasitically receive more than we sincerely give to others.
If we don't become honest about our habitual pride and prejudice then we cannot administrate well the things given to us by God Almighty.
It doesn't help us to treat others as they deserve nor as per their rank but it does help us to standardize our treatment from and in Love regardless of the situation at hand.
We are to expose ungodliness by revealing godliness , expose a lie by revealing the truth and expose prejudice by revealing love. Your virtue is to add value and to devalue dishonesty.
My father always said , " If the poor man isn't going to be served pudding , in the same glossy bowl as the rich man at your banquet - don't serve pudding at all".
Serving for the audience of ONE
What if I told you that God and all heaven is watching you ? That you have been entrusted to serve ? That you are a steward of heavenly supplies ?
Consider what Mother Teresa said ,
"God is love and love is service".
" A highly skilled carpenter who had grown old was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire.
The employer was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter agreed to this proposal but made sure that this will be his last project. Being in a mood to retire, the carpenter was not paying much attention to building this house. His heart was not in his work. He resorted to poor workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career.
When the job was done, the carpenter called his employer and showed him the house. The employer handed over some papers and the front door key to the carpenter and said "This is your house, my gift to you."
The carpenter was in a shock! What a shame! If he had only known that he was building his own house, he would have made it better than any other house that he ever built!" .
Now come to me . How you treat people reflects you. You can't afford to be partial in your treatment. It is not that you don't have time for the person at inquiry, it is the prejudice in your perception that will leave you with a lifetime of regrets especially when the person at your inquiry succeeds.
You can't pursue peace with all men until you have that God-kinda peace from within that yields to you treating others equally and equitably.
Let it not there be an attitude to think highly of ourselves as we should. Humility in God's sight is evident in unconditional love given to all men . LET LOVE LEAD ABOVE ALL ELSE .
How would you treat God if He was to appear to you in human form? Your consciousness of Him will be to treat Him best . Guess what ? You have already met God. You encounter Him everyday and everywhere .
Take charge of your will , learn to respond and to initiate everything with a God-consciousness.