II Corinthians 3:5 “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God”
I Corinthians 4:7 “For who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that thou didst not receive? Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?”
This past week, I was honored, humbled and blessed to pin on the rank of Brigadier General. Though I had been selected for promotion several months ago, this week was finally the time to enact the promotion based on the starting of a new job with greater levels of responsibility. I have to admit, looking over at the single star on each shoulder still takes my breath away.
Throughout this season of promotion, the two Bible verses above continued to ring through my head. I am not sufficient of myself. My sufficiency is fully from God. Everything I have, I received from Him. I must never glory in myself and instead must only glory in Him. The moment I forget these important truths is the moment that I shift into the status of an eroding life that lacks potency and sufficiency.
The same is true for our churches. We are not sufficient of ourselves. Our sufficiency is fully from God. Everything we have, we received from Him. We must never glory in ourselves and instead must only glory in Him. The moment we forget these important truths is the moment that we shift into the status of an eroding institution that lacks potency and sufficiency.
The same is also true for us as a nation. We are not sufficient of ourselves. Our sufficiency is fully from God. Everything we have, we received from Him. We must never glory in ourselves and instead must only glory in Him. The moment we forget these important truths is the moment that we shift into the status of an eroding nation that lacks potency and sufficiency.
PLEASE PRAY THAT WE HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGE GOD’S CENTRALITY IN ALL THAT WE HAVE. We must not accept lives, institutions, and a nation that lack potency and sufficiency.
