I've been thinking this morning about 1 Peter 5: 5-6:
Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." Humble yourselves, therefore under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
I've certainly been focusing on myself and my achievements lately. Granted, they haven't been on a large scale by any means, but it's still a focus on myself rather than others. I've become very proud in what I have been able to do and especially all of the stuff that I have been able to amass. And you know what, none of it really matters! My life wouldn't be any less important to God if I had none of this stuff. More importantly, though, all of the glory of the things that I do has been coming directly to me and I've been hoarding it. I haven't passed the glory on to him. I keep getting praised for many different things at work and just say thank you. Why can't I say something like I would with my friends, though? Where is the witness in me that really should say, "Oh. Thank you! But it wasn't me. I had help" or something along those lines. I'm going to challenge myself to pass more of the glories of my life onto Him this week. They're His to begin with!
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