“When you see
that your own cupboard is bare and everything you need is in His, you will go
often to Him for supplies.
What happened to
Peter when he bragged of the strength of his own grace? "Although all
shall be offended, yet will not I," Peter Mark 14:29. He set himself up to
contest a race with the devil, and he fouled before he was even out of the
gate. Christ in mercy let Satan trample Peter's own grace to show him its true
nature and to dismount him from the height of his pride.
Pray that He will
be as merciful to you if He sees you climbing the ladder of your own spiritual
successes. Joab said to David, when he saw him growing proud of the strength of
his kingdom, and wanting to take a census, "The Lord add to the number of
thy people a hundred-fold, but why doth my lord the king delight in this
thing?" 2 Samuel 24:3. Can a groom be proud when he rides his master's
horse, or a garden boast because the sun shines on it? Should we not say of
every once of goodness, as the young man of his hatchet, "I am sorry,
master! For it was borrowed 2 Kings 6:5.
Count on the
strength of your own godly attributes, and you will grow lax in your duties for
Christ. Knowing you are weak keeps you from wandering too far from Him. When
you see that your own cupboard is bare and everything you need is in His, you
will go often to Him for supplies. But a soul who thinks he can take care of
himself will say, "I have plenty and to spare for a long time. Let the
doubting soul pray; my faith is strong. Let the weak go to God for help; I can
manage fine on my own." What a sad state of affairs, to suppose that we no
longer need the moment-by-moment sustaining grace of God.
Not only does
overestimating the strength of our own goodness make us shun God's help, but it
also makes us foolhardy and venturesome. You who boast about your spirituality
are likely to put yourselves in all kinds of dangerous situations, then brag
that you can handle them.”
Humility is a great weapon! It
removes our intentions and emotions about something so that God’s work is seen
clearly as His doing!
Quoted material from, ”The Christian in Complete
Armour Daily Readings in Spiritual Warfare” by Gurnall and James S Bell.
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