Brag on God!

“The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him.

They blindfolded him and demanded,

 “Prophesy! Who hit you?”

And they said many other insulting things to him.”

Luke 22:63-65

 

 

Have you been given a gift by God?

The Bible tells us that God gives gifts to men.

Those guarding Jesus demanded that He prophesy and tell them who it was that had just hit Him.

They were asking Him to pervert the use of the gifts of God.

Nothing changes in the enemy’s playbook.

Not only will the enemy counterfeit the gifts of God, he will temp you to use them in ways God never intended.

One of his favorite ways is to cause them to make you proud.

If he can get you to glory in what God accomplishes – in essence to steal the glory that belongs to God – as if it was you and not the power of God working through you, then he has succeeded in perverting the gifts of God in you.

How do you prevent that?

Stay humble before God.

When He accomplishes any marvelous thing through you be quick to give Him the praise.

Recognize that we carry a great treasure in earthen vessels.

Diamonds kept inside a simple clay pot, so to speak.

There were several examples in scripture where men attempted to worship the angels that brought a message from God.

They were quick to correct that knowing that worship belongs to God alone.  

One of my favorite scriptures is:

“But, “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.””

II Corinthians 10:17

Brag on God – not on yourself!