Gratitude is more than a warm feeling — it’s a lens that reveals what’s going on in our hearts. Last week in The Gateway of Gratitude, we confronted the self-centered question that so easily slips into our thinking: “What about me?” But this week, we look at something even more dangerous: the self-righteous question… “What about them?”

In John 6, a young boy steps forward with nothing more than a simple lunch. The crowd is massive. The need is overwhelming. The moment is impossible. And yet — he gives anyway.

While a self-centered mindset asks, “What about me?” a self-righteous mindset asks, “What about them? Why should they benefit? Why should I give when they haven’t?” It’s comparison dressed up as holiness. It’s entitlement pretending to be disc ...