For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? 1 Corinthians 4:7 – Paul was having to do some serious correcting within the hearts of those in the Corinthian church. While we see division was taking place in the church within the previous chapter, now Paul is addressing the pride in their hearts. Something that was being made clear to Paul was many of the Corinthian Christians were looking down on Paul’s lowly life. They were wealthy, well respected, and had power in the city, but Paul was homeless, reviled, and poor. As a result, the Corinthian church began to cast judgement on Paul and the other followers of Jesus, even the other Apostles, who weren’t as well off as them. So Paul asked them this series of questions. What is so different about you? What do you possess that God didn’t first give you? If God gave all you have, why are you boasting in it like you earned it yourself? This would have been a humble set of questions for the church in Corinth, and it’s also a set that can be healthy for us to ask of ourselves. What do we have in our life that God didn’t first give us and allow us to have? Life, breath, family, our jobs, our talents, our knowledge, health, and every possession we have was given to us by the Lord. Why then would we ever take pride that we have certain things that other’s don’t when everything we have was given by the Lord to begin with and we didn’t earn it? When we start to elevate ourselves above others and look down on them, let’s remember how at the foot of the cross we all are on level ground. The only one that ought to be high and lifted up in this life is Jesus. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3111
Question To Ponder: What is a blessing from the Lord that someone may take pride in?
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