I love Beth Moore. I watch her every chance I get. She pulls things out of scripture that I would never see in a million years. The other day I was watching my DVR recordings of her on Life Today and she brought out a scripture from The Message that hit me right where I am.
Proverbs 25:27
It's not smart to stuff yourself with sweets,
nor is glory piled on glory good for you.
I'm going to skip over the first line and choose to consider that another day (as I put a piece of chocolate in my mouth). But the second line is what she focused on in her lesson. It's not good for us to always succeed. It seems strange but it is true. I struggle with perfectionism. I have a great tendency to think that I have to be good at whatever I'm doing in order to feel that I'm worth something. I especially have to be good if I feel like I need to impress someone to get their attention. But being good, being number one, being right is not always good for us in our spiritual walk. It makes us proud and less dependent on God. When I get a string of "at-a-girl's" I start to think that I've really got it going on. Graciously, God allows me to fail or struggle enough that I remember who really has it going on.
The Apostle Paul admitted that he preached with no great amount of knowledge or speaking ability. He came as an example of God's power. And when I think about it, that's the attitude I need to have.
