Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—2 Corinthians 12:1-10
by: Trisha Gerstel.
We live in a world that praises self-sufficiency. Those who “make their own way” and “build their own empire” are placed on a pedestal. We are often left feeling we must think that way or fail to measure up. But the Lord tells us that such thinking is sinful, and if need be He will (as He did with Paul) bring us to a point of humility—not because He is afraid of the competition (what competition could we bring against God?) but because He understands the hurt that will inevitably befall those who rely on themselves and have not learned to ask for God’s help and to praise Him for His mercy, grace, and strength.
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