Proverbs - Exalt Christ

Proverbs 12:9

   

 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better

 than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

                        Sometimes we want to give off a good impression regardless of the state of our being.  The Lord Jesus never concerned himself with other people’s opinion of Him.  He focused on pleasing the Father and was so confident in who he was that even if they called Him Beelzebub, the prince of devils, He was not shaken nor needed to defend Himself.  We must walk through our days knowing we are new creations in Christ.  Even if others think we haven’t changed or maybe family members pooh-pooh our new found forgiveness, we must remember how rich we are - as if we had servants. 

                        Those who boast in all they are and all they have oftentimes have little enduring riches.  We must be careful not to boast or honor ourselves.  This is very much our pride wanting to exalt our gates and it is so much easier to let people down when they have an inflated view of us.  Let us exalt Christ and boast in our weaknesses that the power of Christ may rest upon us.