“Do not think of yourself more highly
than you ought,… but with sober judgment.” Romans 12:3
C.S. Lewis, the brilliant former
professor of Medieval English, who was once described as the apostle to the
agnostic,” wrote that when errors come into the world, they come in pairs. If
you stop and think about it, you will probably agree. Think of yourself more
highly than you ought to and we say you are stuck on yourself – full of pride,
arrogant, and haughty. Conversely, if you constantly belittle yourself, your
self-image crumbles and you begin to crawl into your shell. The problem is not
new.
A great release of the soul comes
when you can bring your feelings to God, and learn that He accepts you on the
basis of what Christ did at Calvary. The Bible says that God has made us
accepted in the Beloved who is Christ (Ephesians 1:6). When He accepts us, as
we become His children through faith, we then enter into a new relationship
with Him. God has a plan for our lives, and what happens is the outworking of
His plan. It is when we refuse to believe this that we are uptight. This is why
Paul wrote, “for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am”
(Philippians 4:11).
At the same time, do not think that
you are worthless and no good to anyone. Think of it like this: God forgave us,
so we can forgive ourselves; God loves us, so we can love ourselves; God cares
for us so we can trust Him to work His will in our lives. Neither pride nor
feelings of inferiority produce the kind of men and women who are happy and
purposeful in life; but learning to accept the circumstances of life and
trusting God to work His will through them is the key to turning the reins over
to God. Then we can take down the armor and stop defending ourselves.
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