self righteousness
a thought came to my mind recently. do you think that christian leaders sometimes get so caught up in self righteousness that we forget our purpose as his disciples? it can include pastors, missionaries, cell leaders, catholic priests etc. i think this statement is true.
i was talking to one of such leaders recently, and he was telling me bout how he helps out in a home for the homeless. and does some counseling there and this and that. and it struck me, does God really care about HOW MUCH we do for him? like really. i think sometimes we as leaders get so so so caught up in our world of i'm doing God's work, or doing something good, that it becomes very self edifying. it makes us feel good that we are doing God's work. we lift ourselves higher than we really should. we think more highly of ourselves than we really should.
"Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before a fall.
Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly,
Than to divide the spoil with the proud." (Proverbs 16:18-19)
and yesterday as we were closing off with a song during ocf cell, Romans 5:8 suddenly became so real to me, that "God demonstrated his own love for us, that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us". i realised then, that i am also a sinner (not that i didnt know, but it was a big reminder), i needed God as much as everyone else. and if i have called into his glorious riches, it is truly a privilege, a privilege that must be shared and not kept hidden. it doesn't mean that when we become christians we become "better" than non-christians. no way.... and it doesn't mean that as christian leaders that we are "better" than the members of the church. i am nothing without Christ, but in Him i have everything, and i am loved. and i serve the church and his people because God's love compels me to love others just as he has loved me.
dear lord, forgive me and every other christian leader who has served out of self righteousness and self edification. teach us to serve and love from your perspective and lead us in the paths of righteousness. amen.
i was talking to one of such leaders recently, and he was telling me bout how he helps out in a home for the homeless. and does some counseling there and this and that. and it struck me, does God really care about HOW MUCH we do for him? like really. i think sometimes we as leaders get so so so caught up in our world of i'm doing God's work, or doing something good, that it becomes very self edifying. it makes us feel good that we are doing God's work. we lift ourselves higher than we really should. we think more highly of ourselves than we really should.
"Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before a fall.
Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly,
Than to divide the spoil with the proud." (Proverbs 16:18-19)
and yesterday as we were closing off with a song during ocf cell, Romans 5:8 suddenly became so real to me, that "God demonstrated his own love for us, that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us". i realised then, that i am also a sinner (not that i didnt know, but it was a big reminder), i needed God as much as everyone else. and if i have called into his glorious riches, it is truly a privilege, a privilege that must be shared and not kept hidden. it doesn't mean that when we become christians we become "better" than non-christians. no way.... and it doesn't mean that as christian leaders that we are "better" than the members of the church. i am nothing without Christ, but in Him i have everything, and i am loved. and i serve the church and his people because God's love compels me to love others just as he has loved me.
dear lord, forgive me and every other christian leader who has served out of self righteousness and self edification. teach us to serve and love from your perspective and lead us in the paths of righteousness. amen.
posted by hui at
10:47 PM
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