G O S P E L
The only thing we should really take pride in for is our obedience to the will of God — and even this is a gift to us from God, a result of His grace. We should be proud of ourselves when we stand for the truth and cooperate with God’s grace in our lives. We should always resist the thought that we did it under our own strength because this is a lie. True prayer and true humility come only from lives of obedience to God’s will. Let us seek to be an example of this to others.
Luke 18:9-14
9 Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. 10 “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity — greedy, dishonest, adulterous — or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’ 13 But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ 14 I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
my reflections
t h i n k : True prayer and true humility come only from obedience to God’s will.
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