Right Thinking
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Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Do not always turn what the Scriptures say around. It nowhere tells us to think “Lowly” of ourselves. What causes most of our problems in the Christian life is the way we think and what we think.
Have you ever wondered why you find it hard to forgive another person when you have been forgiven for so much by God? It is easy for God to forgive us, we think, because our sins are not so bad. When we line ourselves up with others we are not too bad.
If we stand next to Christ we will see how really bad we are!
As much as we need forgiveness, we need to forgive another. We do not need for them to seek forgiveness from us (although we need to ask forgiveness from God) it is in forgiving that we can feel forgiven. It is hard to feel God’s forgiveness when we are so unforgiving.
Notice that we are talking about a feeling. When we begin to forgive someone we may not necessarily have the feeling that should accompany the act.
We may have to forgive many times because we keep on hurting. Each time we forgive we may feel good until the memory of the act afflicts us again. Then we will need to forgive again. But constantly forgiving should bring peace which is what we seek. Peace is what God promised. Joy is often a gift that accompanies peace but not always. It is a fruit of the Spirit.
When we know how we stand in God’s sight and how God has made us His child we can be humble enough to forgive without feeling less.
I may not like the hand that God has dealt me
I may seem like a losing hand
Until I turn the last card over
And suddenly I can stand.
For God had dealt me what I need
To the purposes of life it blend
I may seem like a losing hand
Until I turn the last card over
And suddenly I can stand.
For God had dealt me what I need
To the purposes of life it blend
For the ACE that God has dealt me
Is His Faith that will keep me to the end.
Is His Faith that will keep me to the end.
Pastor Van is a Christian Counselor and is serving as our summer campus Pastor at America’s Keswick
Compass Pointers: If I slip into the place that can be filled by Christ alone, making myself the first necessity to a soul instead of leading it to fasten upon Him, then I know nothing of Calvary love. Amy Carmichael
Anchored to the Rock: It is staggering to even begin to realize that the whole process by which God’s will is done on earth depends on an interceding church. Jack Hayford
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