“For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.” (Galatians 6:3)
After preaching a sermon which was accepted by the church as, “the best they had ever heard,” the pastor was feeling pretty good about himself. On the way home from church he turned to his wife and said, “I wonder how many real good pastors there are in our state.” Without hesitation his wife said, “There’s one less than you think there are.”
It’s easy to have an inflated opinion of oneself. Some folks think they don’t need Jesus the Savior because they are too good to need to be saved. Some Christians never look at the Biblical standard of goodness and never hear a sermon on God’s expectations for the Christian life. They think of themselves to be so good they can stay home from church and never hear a message from God’s Word. They think there is no room for improvement. They are deceiving themselves.
Be honest with yourself and with God and let Him make you into what He wants you to be.
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