Look at Me, Look at Me!!...(No really take a look at yourself!)

So for a while I have been feeling some type of need that I need to prove something...like I needed to be recognized!

One word: Dangerous!! When you really think about it, God's standard is sooo HIGH that are righteous deeds compared to Him are considered to be "filthy rags." (Isaiah 64:6). Christ died so that we wouldn't have to prove ourselves by the deeds we do, so why do we continue to fall in this trap of yearning to be recognized?!

Consider the Pharisees, the religious leaders mentioned in the Bible. These religious leaders were more concerned about outward deeds more than the very important truth that Christ was the SAVIOR, in turn their yearning for self-recognition translated into their quest to crucify Christ....

God revealed this to me as I was talking to a friend about why I had this strange feeling of somehow trying to "prove" something. She said that it becomes dangerous when we, "fail to realize that it isn't about whether or not you [say] the most about Him but rather if you actually live your life according to His desires."

Wow, how quickly my focus/motives became so consumed with ME!...But who are we???

Ephesians 2:8-9

New King James Version (NKJV)

"8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that NOT OF YOURSELVES; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast."

Beware of the habit of doing things based on performance for God FOR people. Doing things just so people can recognize us destroys our intimacy with God, because its no longer about Him, but people. That is why we are feeling like we have to always prove something, when in reality God is saying...my Grace is ALL you NEED!