Many times I find myself comparing myself to others. Am I smarter than that kid? Do I sound intelligent? In doing so, I stand up and judge those around me, in the hopes that I would find myself at the top.
This is just pride. This stems from my heart’s desire to elevate myself. I’m not saying its wrong to want to do well and excell, but I need to remind myself that Christ deserves all praise and glory… not I. (This will be something I need to remind myself through out my life.)
So is there anyone I should compare myself with? Who is the standard for perfection? It is Jesus Christ. We should compare ourselves to Him because He alone is wholly Holy. Real Christians will strive to be obedient to God’s call to holiness and servanthood.
Phil 2:3-11
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
