What if one of the best roads to helping the Church was to work on ourselves?
I have to admit this is not a thought I am particularly fond of. That might seem a surprising thought; after all, I seem to write a great deal about working on myself. However, I suspect if I got one level down from that thought, I would realize it is not "working on myself" that is the issue in that sense, because what I think of as "self-work" and what God thinks of as "self-work" are two different things.
I have to admit this is not a thought I am particularly fond of. That might seem a surprising thought; after all, I seem to write a great deal about working on myself. However, I suspect if I got one level down from that thought, I would realize it is not "working on myself" that is the issue in that sense, because what I think of as "self-work" and what God thinks of as "self-work" are two different things.
The "self-work" I enjoy most are the things that make me a better person, too often in all of the wrong ways - the ways of the world. The "self-work" God wants are the ways that make me more like Him, the grinding down of my sin and selfishness in the relentless pursuit of making my soul the equivalent of a mirror that reflects Him.
Were we to do that, what would His church look like?
Matthew 7:5 Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye DRV
ReplyDeleteIndeed, Steve. Now, if I could only get my hands around this log to help pull it out...
DeleteThat self-improvement is a tough one to adhere to, seems to be easier to find fault in others rather than yourself TB.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is for me, Nylon12. After all, if I find issues with myself, I might have to fix them.
DeleteA padre I know would always ask this question, "Does this please God?" when asked about a decision.
ReplyDeleteA four word question we would all undoubtedly benefit from asking more often.
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