Sometimes I am guilty of thinking I am too good.
See how nice I am? See what good works I do? Did anyone notice how I ...?
I constantly have to ask God to break this attitude.
My issue is just one example of what you may struggle with. Control issues. Insecurity. Lust. Worry. Lack of faith. Be encouraged. Share life with people, and press into Him. He is faithful to condescend to us!
Going green!
See how nice I am? See what good works I do? Did anyone notice how I ...?
I constantly have to ask God to break this attitude.
1 Corinthians 13:4-6
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
I will sail well with His help, for a while. As long as I'm asking, He is helping. Then, I neglect this area of my life and I fall right back into it. "Did anyone notice how I...?" That's boasting! "See what good works I do?" That's arrogance! These things do not profit me anything!
Be encouraged that God does help you with the things that you ask for help with. (Matthew 7:8 "For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds...") Do not be discouraged when you fall back into sin or temptation. As long as we live on the planet earth, we will sin because we are broken and our world is broken. Satan wants us to dwell on what we do wrong. God wants us to take action and move forward! The good news is that our God is bigger than our brokenness. He was broken once and for all, FOR US.
Be encouraged that God does help you with the things that you ask for help with. (Matthew 7:8 "For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds...") Do not be discouraged when you fall back into sin or temptation. As long as we live on the planet earth, we will sin because we are broken and our world is broken. Satan wants us to dwell on what we do wrong. God wants us to take action and move forward! The good news is that our God is bigger than our brokenness. He was broken once and for all, FOR US.
My issue is just one example of what you may struggle with. Control issues. Insecurity. Lust. Worry. Lack of faith. Be encouraged. Share life with people, and press into Him. He is faithful to condescend to us!
Going green!
-Andrea
March 9, 2011 at 4:52 PM
Thanks for your post, friend. :) Interesting thought: when we waffle between boasting and condemnation, in both cases we're focusing on ourselves. Two good verses for this: 1 Cor 1:26-30 and Romans 8:1