Isaiah 47 touches on the reality that God doesn’t really look kindly on people who think they are king of the hill. He starts off the chapter saying “get off your high horse and sit in the dirt” and it gets stronger from there. Certainly I think many of us allow self to get in the way of relationship, particularly with God. We think we are the important part of that whole connection, when in fact, it is God who is the central point. Life is not about me. Life has never been about me, although certainly I thought it was for a long time. Why do we mere humans think the universe revolves around us? What gives us the right to even contemplate that we are the key to all that happens? We aren’t and God makes that point exceedingly clear to us when He says this: “You’re acting like the center of the universe, Smugly saying to yourself, “I’m Number One”. Oh boy, not a good place to be. Time to climb down off the horse and sit in the dirt. Probably need to rub some dirt on our face to boot. We are no where even on a scale when we compare ourselves to God.
Pride is a big issue. Scripture in the New Testament warns us not to “think more highly of ourself than we ought”. But we tend to do that – to allow then enemy or our self focus to convince us that we are on the throne. It is just way wrong. We will never be on the throne of the universe, that is God’s place alone. And as long as we are on the throne of our own life, we will flounder and struggle and fall flat on our face. We have no possible way to succeed when we try and run our own life. Oh it may appear like we are doing just fine, but that won’t last. God alone is worthy of being in charge. He created the universe, He is in complete control, and our attempt to drive will definitely cause us to be in the ditch at some or most points in time. So why do we insist, because of our sin nature and our desire to have control. Jesus came to set us free from that issue, but we have to be willing to give over control once and for all to the Father. We have to let God do His thing, and we need to learn humility and submission and obedience. God’s plan will work marvelously when we let Him be God. The problem comes when we try to take His place and do His job. We can’t and every time we try we will fail and fall and make a mess out of life. Are you letting God run things in your life? Do you need to get off your high horse and stop acting like the center of the universe? You are not number one, the world does not revolve around you, and life is not about you. The sooner you get that right, the better for all. That is what the mirror is saying to me today, how about you?
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