Who Do We Think We Are?

February 26

What has brought mankind to the point of believing he understands life better than the Lord of life? What mental gymnastics have brought even believers to the point of picking and choosing scriptures and allocating to them a finite interpretation of their veracity? In simple terms, ‘Who do we think we are?’

Have we, by our presumptions, placed ourselves on the seat of wisdom and authority? Have we, steeped in the wonders of the modern age come to the point of believing man’s achievements prove man’s ability to define truth better than our Holy God has defined it in His inerrant Word?

Have we forgotten the Biblical admonition to, “Let this mind be in you that is in Christ Jesus…”? (Philippians 2:5) Have we forgotten that it is to the degree we surrender our mind to His mind that we have the capacity to evidence wisdom? Have we forgotten that the Lord Himself said, “…Without Me, you can do nothing”? (John 15:5)

Have we forgotten that it is God who is, “…able to make all grace abound to you so that in all things, at all times, having all sufficiency, you may abound in every good work”? If we have forgotten these truths, the absence of them in our thinking will be our undoing. If we remember them, let us employ them toward the effective work of Christ’s Kingdom.