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Because I'm All That


This morning as I reflected "do not thing of yourself more highly than you ought" popped into my head. SitD passage today was on "the living God". Putting the two together, I pray, is appropriate in this case.

As I was thinking about God, and thinking about what valleys I'm stuck in, circling the mountain, I begin to think about how much better I am than my boss at things. I cannot remember all of the specific thoughts that I had that followed, but at some point I knew that I had to reflect on the scripture above (Rom 12:3).

I found this article:

https://www.paultripp.com/articles/posts/more-highly-than-you-ought

Some time ago, I had heard in my ear to hear, "knowledge puffeth up", because I know that I am very fond of my knowledge. I am seated on it. I believe that it holds me up... it is likely, however, that it is the very thing that is holding me down.

How does a man climb a mountain when, believing he knows all that he knows to climb a mountain, walks around the mountain certain of his abilities? The knowledge is the thing keeping him from the mountain. The thing to do, is very mere and seemingly inconsequential: take the first step.

Heavenly Father, I have been very proud in my life, and likely I will continue to be that way. But I pray that my pride would diminish in light of You, and that pride wouldn't keep me from following You. Help me today to view my knowledge in light of wisdom, my experience in light of my limitations, my success in light of my failure, and my popularity in light of my ugliness. Father, I am just a man! And yet, let Your covenant abide richly in me (Gal 3:15).

In Jesus Name,

Amen

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