Your View vs God’s View

‘…Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us’ Rom.12:3b

‘…Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us’ Rom.12:3b. What are you saying about yourself? What is your honest evaluation about yourself? Some of us have the baggage of unrealistic self-view. We have unhealthy opinions about ourselves. Some people think they are better than others. They have a superiority complex. In fact they believe they are doing God a favour just by being in Church, serving, or giving towards the needs of the body. It is a wrong opinion or view of self. ‘It’s important that you not misinterpret yourselves as people who are bringing this goodness to God. No, God brings it all to you. The only accurate way to understand ourselves is by what God is and by what he does for us, not by what we are and what we do for him’ Rom.12:3b [MSG]. Humble yourself, then God in due time will exalt you. ‘God opposes the proud but favors the humble’ James 4:6b.  On the other hand, some people consistently live in self-condemnation and self-pity. Always complaining like the children of Israel. God hates murmuring [Phil.2:14]. God had heard their cry for freedom and brought them out of slavery with a strong hand. Yet they did not see themselves as free people but as slaves. Why do you feel you can’t appear where others are going because you don’t have material things? None of us came to this world with anything. Stop looking down on yourself because you do not possess one material or the other? Don’t be held bound by a complex. ‘So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus’ Rom.8:1. Do not condemn yourself, God doesn’t condemnation you. You are God’s handiwork and He will do good to you. God does not forsake the works of His hand. Concerning us, God says ‘there is no enchantment against [them], neither will any divination stand’. Keep your eyes on Jesus, He is the glory and the lifter up of your head.

Prayer: Father, help me live my life every day as the light that You have called me to be. Build me up in the image of Christ Jesus, in Jesus Name.