Happy to Be Nothing

Here is the first step toward killing an entitlement mentality: an accurate evaluation of who you are.

Galatians 6:3
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

That is the best reality check ever!!!

Why do we ever complain and get angry when we don't get our way??!!? Why do we think more highly of ourselves than we ought??!?? This reminds me that before a holy God we are just unworthy sinners. We are nothing, and on even our best days, apart from Christ, we would still be under the wrath of God because of our sins. We deceive ourselves when we wrongly think that life is unfair and we deserve better than what we got.  Not true.  We deserved hell, but for those who are trusting in Christ alone, we got Jesus instead.  This verse is set in the context of bearing one another's burdens and helping restore a brother who is in sin. Humility must make us step back and say, "But for the grace of God, that would be me, too."

Yes, that puts a new day in proper perspective.  Thank you for the cross, Lord!