March 7, 2009
1st Corinthians 4: 1-7, 7-8. The Message.
7-8For who do you know that really knows you, knows your heart? And even if they did, is there anything they would discover in you that you could take credit for? Isn't everything you have and everything you are sheer gifts from God? So what's the point of all this comparing and competing? You already have all you need. You already have more access to God than you can handle. Without bringing either Apollos or me into it, you're sitting on top of the world—at least God's world—and we're right there, sitting alongside you!
Reflection
This reading really struck me, particularly verses 7-8. Here Paul talks about how, as humans, we are naturally competitive and constantly compare ourselves with others. He is quick to point out to us that God has provided everything we will ever need so we shouldn’t be comparing ourselves with others. We should be content in the fact that we are God’s children and his love for us is both unfailing and everlasting. I think that we get so caught up in our own competitiveness with others that we forget this important fact. In Ryan Calhoun’s song Who We Are, it says, “at the end of the day, all we have is who we are.” This quote is true in that we should be confidant in our identity as children of God, and because this is who we are, we should live our lives in a way that glorifies him more than ourselves. The season of Lent is a wonderful time to start this new beginning of showing his love through our actions and the way we live or lives. By doing this we will grow both more in our Christian walk and more and more into the people the Lord wants us to be.
Written by a PC Sophomore
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