“Do You Think of Yourself Too High, Too Low Or Just...
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“Do You Think of Yourself Too High, Too Low Or Just Right?” by @Kaala
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You are “fearfully and wonderfully,” and, if I may add, uniquely made. You are you. And before I start getting too Dr. Seuss-y here on you, that YOU that you are, is good.
Was that too confusing?
Let me be clear so there’s no misunderstanding: you are good. Just the way you are.
God wasn’t taking the day off when he made you. He wasn’t having a bad day, either. The bible says that
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.” (2 Peter 1:3)
This means that you have the skills, the creativity, the wisdom, the passion and the drive already built in to achieve the destiny God has created for you.
So what’s the problem? Why are so many NOT living up to that destiny? I call it the Goldilocks syndrome.
Let’s say that there are three types of people out there and, of the three, two are not going to fully realize their potential and won’t receive what God has prepared for them.
The first type are the people who arrogantly agree that they are God’s creation, and are in fact, a gift to the rest of us in God’s creation. To them the bible says,
Don’t think of yourself more highly than you should.
Their arrogance will carry them just to the edge of the promised land; they’ll be able to peek in but their overbearing self will keep them from getting in. They have too much pride and in their self-subsistence have no room for God’s abundance.
Think, camel here. As in
“it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” (Matthew 19:24 )
The second type of people are the opposite of the first.
To them the same verse says that they should think MORE highly of themselves then they do. There is a JUST RIGHT level they should be at. Just like Goldilocks, there is a “too high, too low and just right” in self-evaluation.
Sadly, this “too low” group will never even get to the edge of the promise. They’ll see it off in the distance but think it’s too much for them and won’t even make the effort.
It’s the smallness of their heart and mind that prevents the “just-rightness” in their life.
Their future is too small. Their plans, goals and dreams are too small. Their image and understanding of God is too small.
Thinking too little is just as much a sin as thinking too much of yourself.
The good news is that God loves us just the way we are. The even better news? He loves us so much that he won’t leave us that way. Remember, the sick will be healed, the lame will walk and the blind will see with the touch of the savior’s hands.
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