Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Every man's measure!

Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me to every man that is amongst you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think but to think soberly according as GOD hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. Paul was a man that could have boasted about many things. He was a Hebrew from the tribe of Benjamin taught in the law and the prophets. If any man should have thought more highly of himself should have been Paul. But check it, maybe just maybe that's why he was able to write about it with such intensity. Paul had all these things from his youth, he could have been considered jew of jews. But upon the road to Damascus Paul learned that everything he thought he knew was all wrong. I think Paul may have had a pride issue at one time on top of the belief that he knew everything about the word. And that JESUS that everybody was following didn't fit the way he was taught. But after that road expierence Paul was humbled and had to come to grips with the fact that he in fact had nothing to brag about. With any lesson that GOD teaches comes a knowledge of, what I think I know I really don't. So Paul warns us the body not to think more highly of ourselves than we ought to. For GOD has dealt each man his own measure of faith. Now the measure GOD gives you may be more than the measure HE gave me. Does that make my faith less valid? Or vice versa! There are three levels of faith mustard seed ,believing, and trusting. JESUS says it like this"The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field. Which is indeed least of all seeds but when it is grown it is the greatest among herbs,and becometh a tree so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof".Matthew 17:31-32 What I hear Paul saying is that  although we may have great faith nuture and furtilize those that have mustard seed faith. Because he speaks further down that we need each other is this body and there is no room for know it alls and arrogancy. (SELF CHECK) So let each man walk in the measure of faith GOD has given to we HIS children!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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