(May 28, 2015)
The
lesson I got from this chapter was the same one I got from reading Luke
yesterday. How often do I trust myself
that I am righteous, and from that very thought in my heart find myself
despising others. I am grateful for the progress
that I am making, and the way the Lord is applying Grace in my life to empower
me to overcome the weaknesses in my nature.
But that gratitude can go to a place it was never intended, in that it
will cause me to focus on me and not on the Lord.
Ultimately
that is the great problem -- a selfishness in our natures that cause us to view
ourselves as somehow central or more important than others. This is the root cause of all sin, the reason
Satan went astray, and the great lie he continues to peddle behind the scenes
in mortality – the myth of pride. So
long as we are not fully and completely humble, any virtue can be turned into a
vice.
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