Daily Devotional by Max Lucado

Daily Devotional by Max Lucado
“the One who came still comes and the One who spoke still speaks”

September 23
The Proper View of Self

To him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or
think….be glory.
Ephesians 3:20-21 (NKJV)

There are two extremes of poor I-sight.

Self-loving and self-loathing. We swing from one side to the other.
Promotions and demotions bump us back and forth. One day too high on self,
the next too hard on self. Neither is correct. Self-elevation and
self-deprecation are equally inaccurate. Where is the truth?

Smack-dab in the middle. Dead center between “I can do anything” and “I
can’t do anything” lies “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens
me” (Phil. 4:13).

Neither omnipotent nor impotent, neither God’s MVP nor God’s mistake. Not
self-secure or insecure, but God-secure—a self-worth based in our identity
as children of God. The proper view of self is in the middle.


From: Cure for the Common Life
Copyright (W Publishing Group, 2005)
Max Lucado


Stay Focused
and
Blessed.........................
Jan