Puffed Up or Humble?

This world is full of all kinds of people! All races, all sizes, shapes and personalities! Now, God created us in His image and breathed His breath into us, but He is not responsible for some of the personalties in the world! You see, when He created us, He also gave us our own will! He wanted someone to walk with, fellowship with and communicate with. He didn't want a robot, so He gave us our own wills and He won't go against that will! He has placed everything in our hands and given us the authority to overcome every obstacle that comes against us, but we have to know Him, His Word and obey His commandments! Sounds hard? No, not at all! God is unconditional love and He loves us as much as He loves Jesus! He even sent the Holy Spirit to dwell in us and guide us through life! How many times have you heard someone say, "I heard this little voice telling me not to do or go this way." Well, DUH, that was the Holy Spirit!!! We have to listen, hear Him and follow His leading!

Now since we all are created in the image of God, there are no special favors or favorites. We are all created equal, not some more special than others! God loves us all the same and that is unconditionally! Have you ever known or currently know someone who 'puffs' themselves up as above everyone else, more knowledgeable, better, more capable, can do anything and probably has done everything, knows everything and just is perfectly supreme and basically looks down on others? Well, you need to pray for them because they may have a 'head knowledge' of their Father, but either they don't really know Him or they don't listen  and obey Him because they wouldn't be like that! God has no favorites, He doesn't make anyone more special than everyone else! Every one of us has special gifts, talents, creativity that our Daddy has blessed us with. We are all unique and each of us has great potential! God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called! Instead of bloating ourselves up, we need to seek our Daddy and have Him show us what gifts we have and where and how we are to use them. Someone that we call a "Know It All" is basically someone who doesn't truly have confidence in themselves. They, down deep inside - but never would admit it, feel inferior so they puff themselves up to make the world think they are superior! Instead of impressing everyone with their great abilities, they repulse, irritate and disgust everyone! By their behavior they cause people around them not to be able to see what they are capable of doing and accomplishing!

We are all members of the same family and we are all our Daddy's favorites! We are all to walk in the love of our Daddy and love each other as He loves us, but first we have to love ourselves as He loves us! We can love each other in our Daddy's love, but some of us make it hard to like each other. So stop and think today, how are you coming across to others? Are you walking in a huge ego, "I am supreme attitude" or are you walking in the love of God and letting Jesus shine through you? People telling me how good a Christian they are or how much they know doesn't impress me at all! It's their fruit that I look at! If you love the Lord with all your heart, have a close personal relationship with Him and are an obedient child of God, you don't have to tell anyone...it shows in your daily life in how you live your life and treat others!!! After all the greatest mantle is the mantle of Humility! If you don't know what humility is, ask God and He will be more than happy to show you! Have a great day walking in God's love!