Who do we think we are, anyway?

We get such big heads; we really think we are something to contend with. We are so wrong, we are so diluted. This is tough love language, but it is so needed.

If God asked Abraham to give him his all, and just about everyone in the Bible I can think of (including beautiful queen Esther) to give their all, who are we to think we can stand on our "rights" and our "preferences" when it comes to being a follower of Jesus.


If this Jesus thing is true, then why don't you want to jump all the way in? Why dance around the edge? Why not get so immersed that we actually see the "big picture" for once? Why don't we drop all of our fear and get joyful about this journey God has invited us on?

And if the Lord plops you in some remote place, are you going to get angry with him and fault him for his poor judgment or for his inequity? God chooses; he has the right to; he can do with his creation what he chooses to do with them. He is God and we are not!

We can get so bent out of shape because some have loftier positions than others. We think God is unfair. Some even think that God does not notice a "nobody" and overlooks them for promotions. That is unscriptural.
God is... "NOT A RESPECTOR OF PERSONS"! Acts 10:34

The sooner we lay our lives down fully and completely to the Lord,
we will:
*not struggle with being easily offended
*not suffer with jealousy
*feel immense joy knowing that we are in the will of God
*have protection from the attacks of the enemy
*begin to have the mind of Christ and see things through God's eyes.


Jesus laid it all down for us, why do we think we can withhold any part of ourselves to this Saviour? He showed us the way...
Humble yourself in the sight of God and he will lift you up.