Romans
11:18
"Do not be
arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the
root, but the root that supports you." ESV
It is human nature
to become overly confident and proud when we learn new things from the Word and
we begin to think we have great spiritual insight and maturity. We tend to walk
with our heads held higher than others and notice how much less they know about
God than we do. What arrogance! We cannot possibly know how mature and close to
the Lord another person is. Nor can we think we have advanced far above those
Christians in our circle of acquaintances. We are but grafted on branches that
are totally dependent on the True Vine and live only by His grace. We cannot
compare ourselves to others. If we remember to compare our spiritual status to
that of Jesus Christ, the perfect holy One, we will find no reason to proud and
arrogant.
Heavenly Father,
forgive us for our pride and arrogance. Show us the root of this pride and give
us the ability to get it out of our hearts. By Your grace, give us hearts of
humility and love for all our brothers and sisters in Christ. Remind us that we
cannot compare ourselves to others because that will result in pride. But help
us to compare our lives to that of Christ so we will see how we truly are. In
His name we pray, Amen.
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Daily
Grace
Bobbi
Craigmyle, Psy.D., BCPCC
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