Giving preference to others requires a willingness to adapt and adjust.  It means to allow others to go first or to have the best of something.  Each time we show preference, we have to make a mental adjustment.  We were planning to be first, but we decide to be second.  We are in a hurry, but we decide to wait on someone else who seems to have a greater need.

Only the Holy Spirit can change us from proud individuals into humble servants of God and man.