humility

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Beyond humility ...

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Pride is, as C.S. Lewis said, "the great sin."  So many problems stem from pride.  When we are trying to accept the person we are designed to become, we are vulnerable to pride. When we finally see how life is supposed to go and how our relationship with God is supposed to be, we are tempted to puff up our chest with pride.  

Over and over we are told that, as humans, we are designed to become more humble over time.  Our task is to comprehend enough of the human to God relationship that we have no other option but to be humble and serving.

Beyond humility, what else are we designed to become.  There are plenty of caricatures of Christians that we see in movies and TV ... surely we are not designed to be like that, right? Let's try on some terms and see how they sit with you:  loving, joyful, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful, gentle, and controlled.  Does anyone want to be like that ... yep!  

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Who are We Supposed to Become?

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It seems that everyone is trying to find themselves.  The shelves at the bookstores are full of books telling us to find something, find someone, or ignore everything.  If we consider basic market forces, it stands to reason that all of these materials exist because there are many people who are struggling.  

"Accepting yourself" is not about accepting who you are today, but understanding and accepting who you are designed to become.  We are all intended to be on a journey of improvement.  However, many of us have veered down destructive paths. If you are on such a destructive path, you are drifting further and further away from the person you are supposed to become.

Left to our own devices, we are destined to slide down the wrong paths.  As humans we are simply not capable of avoiding the self-centeredness that generally results in a wandering spirit.  The truth is that there is a natural order to things, and the more we are focused on ourselves, the more we run afoul of this natural order.