Spiritual Narcissism

We boast in the Lord's grace for us. Meaning, we are honest with our failures-- with ourselves, with others, and more importantly, with God. If we are continually saying, "Oh look what I've done," how are we giving glory to our God? If we are gaining spiritual pride of our own works, we become our own savior. If we continually discern and heed as if we have spiritual superiority, we lose the ability to reach and influence not only the non-believers among us but also our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. If our God is as big as we say He is and as He has claimed to be, we should consider ourselves of equal disgrace as that of a murderer, to the same ignominy as an adulterer or blasphemer.  We lose all humility when we boast in our accomplishment. If we are to boast in anything, let it be of our sufferings, only to magnify the Holy God we love and His adjournment for us. When we concede to our imperfections, we are made perfect through Him. For if a man is standing up tall, how much taller can he become? But if a man is sorrowful and humbled to his knees and committed to submission, the Lord has area to grow him. The unteachable are not taught just as the meek are made powerful. When we claim righteousness through anything other than the profound grace that our Lord has bestowed on us through nothing but His affection for us, we make our God smaller in our lives. The man who admits his defeat and short coming, is not a man who is weak or separate from the Holy Spirit; rather he is a man who has understood the depths of God's grace and love for him, a man who has a broken heart for the life he lives displeasing to the Holy God he serves.






"For if a man is standing up tall, how much taller can he become?"

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