1 Corinthians 10:12, Beware of Self-Confidence

1 Corinthians 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

Beware of self-confident. Be rather God-confident as warns the Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. The Apostle Paul warns here against self-conceit. Pride blinds the heart giving one a sense of delusion of having good one’s standing before God. The reality is that such a one has crossed the line, the boundary of God’s will and faces the chastisement of God! The verb “take heed” is a command for continual action. It literally means “to see”, “to perceive correctly”.

Realise that we are just sinners saved by grace. Jesus gives the essence of the Christian character in the first three beatitudes –   Matthew 5:3-5 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.  Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. The humble mourner who sought to do God’s will does have victory over sin and pride, has a firm standing before God. Our prayer should be “Lord, teach me humility, teach me true humility.” In Ephesians 4:2, the Apostle Paul describes the Christian’s spiritual disposition with the words “With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering…” The word “lowliness” means self-emptying.

May God grant His people a right understanding before Him. Amen.