Religion & Spirituality
Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble When you're perfect in every way I can't wait to look in the mirror 'Cause I get better lookin' each day To know me is to love me I must be a heck of a man Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble But I'm doin' the best that I canI know, it may not be exactly what you expected, but it is true right. It is easy to look at yourself and image how perfect you are and how everyone else should see and understand life just as you do. And when this doesn’t happen, the problem has to be with the other person, because you know it can’t be with you. Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble, When you’re perfect in every way.The point is that it is always easier to see how someone else isn’t doing what we think or want them to do than it is to see our own foolishness. But, until we do it God’s way, all our ways are foolish. It doesn’t matter how much we believe or how hard we try if it is not God’s way, it is foolish, and the fruit that foolishness bares is rotten or maybe I should say a noisy gong or a clanging symbol.How do we find peace in the midst of a world that does not know peace and that rejects the notion that God is real and that does not understand, believe, or even care that God has made a way for us to be reconciled to back to Him?How do we find hope in a time when the world is in chaos everywhere we turn?How do we find joy when the world seems to be filled with such hatred and anger? How do we define morality when society says God does not exist and His Word has no place in our lives? How do we experience love when love is defined as doing things my way?But what if your thoughts, what if your actions, what if your ideology of life are not in line with God’s?How then do we learn what God’s way is? How do we listen to the one who is, who was, and who is to come?How do we hear the words of Jesus and set our hearts on him?Like the psalmist, we take refuge in him. With everything that is your daily schedule, all that is the routines or your day, where and when do you take refuge in Jesus? What would it look like for you to take refuge in Jesus each day?How might taking refuge in Jesus shape the attitude of your heart and mind?The truth of the matter is we all take refuge in something every day. And if it is not Jesus, then whatever it is, is probably leading us down a path where me, myself, and I define or perhaps someone or something else besides God’s wisdom is defining what is good, pleasing, and acceptable. This deception may sound or feel good for a moment, but will end in foolishness rather than the sheer power of the living God bringing peace and moving in miraculous ways. Support the show (http://www.easytithe.com/stbdeland)