Do You Think Highly of Yourself?

In Romans 12:3, Paul tells us that when we think of ourselves highly, and pridefully, then we are not thinking the way God thinks of us. We are not thinking soberly. We are thinking as if we were intoxicated with self, not in our right minds. The proper response of the Christian who is a living sacrifice is that we understand that our entire life is all by the grace of God. All that we are, all that we have, every promise of God, every mercy of God, every future hope is all His undeserved favor that He has poured upon us freely. We have not earned any of God's blessings, they are His undeserved gift to us. Understanding what God has done for us in grace will always kill a prideful, arrogant, haughty look and thought. There is no place before God and in His Church for pride.

God's grace is a power that is made perfect in your weakness (2 Cor. 12:9). “Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you” (James 4:10). Our hope is a humble faith in our humble Savior. Confess pride, receive God's forgiveness, receive His powerful grace and live for His glory not your own.