STEP TEN
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Italic]Romans 12:3 (N.I.V.)
[FONT=TimesNewRoman,Italic]For the grace given me I say to everyone, of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you..[/FONT]
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When we begin to experience success in turning our lives around we may believe that the accomplishments have resulted from our own human power. The apostle Paul warns against that prideful attitude. In addressing himself deliberately, “to everyone of you,” Paul grants that every believer has some spiritual gift from God
(Rom.12: 6; 1 Pet.4:10). His primary goal in getting our attention in this regard is to drive home the necessity of appropriating and using our gifts with utmost humility. After all, God did not have to spread his gifts around so lavishly! One’s faith should provide the basis for a true estimation of oneself since it reveals that each believer is dependent on the saving mercy of God. This in turn ought to induce humility!
