Faith Venture

“Many people think God exists just to give them blessings.”

I was listening to Scott Scruggs at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church talk last week (on a podcast while I was running in the park, not in the Bay Area), and he made that statement.

The ancient Greeks had a word for that attitude. Hubris. It sort of means too much pride. Or maybe “you’re too full of yourself.” There is another old saying, “Pride goeth before a fall.” Humans have known that condition for a long time.

Thinking about submission, this seems to be an opposite. Instead of thinking and acting as if the universe revolves around me, I acknowledge that there is someone greater than me. Someone who created this universe. Maybe even lots of other universes. How would I know. But He also created me.

What better use of life than to align with the greatest creative power in the universe. How could I fulfill my real purpose in life without being submissive to God and “going with the flow” of God’s creative Spirit?

But things get in the way. Pride is one of them. It’s when I think that I’m the one who matters. Actually, God matters. And God thinks every one of us humans matter.

Sometimes we let ourselves get in the way of fulfilling our destiny. We need to refocus daily on God and what we can do for other people.

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