TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7-9
Human
beings love to be respected and elevated. We like to showcase our skills,
talents, wealth, affluence, intellect and so on. We boast of these qualities to
step up the social ladder of the society.
We tend
to think too high of ourselves that if care is not taken, pride may set in.
I have
seen some people that the prefixes in their names are longer than their real
names! (This is nothing but a way of getting recognition and applauds of men).
Men may
give you standing ovation when you are addressed with your many “titles” before
mentioning your real name. However, you must be very careful not to let these “lorry loads” of titles get into you
and cause you to become arrogant.
The scripture
says in 1 Peter 5:6 “Humble yourselves
therefore under God’s mighty hands, that He may lift you up in due time.” God
does not like proud hearts; He loves meek and humble people.
Whatever
you think you are now is by the grace of God- all good and perfect gifts are
from above coming down from the father (God) of the heavenly lights (James
1:17).
Do not
attribute your success to your wisdom, connection, intellectual ability,
strength, or strategy. If you are able to acknowledge that God made that status
possible by His grace, it will make you to be humble and be able to ascribe all
the glory to Him and not to yourself.
In our
text, Apostle Paul asked “What makes you different from anyone?” I will answer
by saying it is the grace of God over your life that makes the difference not
human wisdom, strength or effort.
Consequently,
the grace of God that made you to stand out among your counterparts is also available
to others- do not be intoxicated with success or achievement, rather, glorify
God and be able to be a blessing to people.
You
received your blessing, breakthrough and success from God- it will not stop
with you, our God is not a partial God; He gives literarily without finding
fault. What He did for you, He will do it for others as well.
Let no
pride override your sense of gratitude- do not bully people with your success, relatively,
bless people with it so that the name of the Lord can be glorified through you.
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