Be Still And Know

Romans 12.3 NLT 'Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.' It is vital for all of us to have a true understanding of ourselves. If we go around with an inflated view of our own importance, the whole of life will look distorted. Relationships will be damaged, and we will add layers of difficulty to everyday life. But it is just as damaging to have too low a view of ourselves. If we go into the day feeling that we are unimportant and don’t count, then we are liable to be steam-rollered by the smallest of difficulties. What we need is an accurate understanding of who we are and that’s what we gain by faith. As we place our trust in God we learn that we are made in his image and that we are of infinite worth. Nothing that we do is unimportant when we know that the Holy Spirit is filling us and directing our actions. The