MORNING MANNA 5-26-22
LAST GOD TO GO
“Lovers of their own selves.”– 2 Timothy 3:2
We often wonder, what in the world is wrong with this wicked world, and we tend to point our finger at everything but the main thing, which is self. The old country preacher Vance Havner said it well:
“Self-love takes many forms. Not only pride and vanity and worldly ambition, but a sickly preoccupation with one’s own troubles, physical or otherwise. Such self-centered, ingrown souls make themselves the center of their universe. Self thrives on attention. It grows as it is petted and coddled, until it becomes a colossus dominating one’s lives and all others it can by making friends and loved ones the slaves of such self-worshipers.
The best treatment is neglect by becoming preoccupied with something or someone else. Such ailments disappear when ignored. The supreme preoccupation is not a mere person or cause but Christ Himself. That is why He asked us to deny self, take up the cross, and follow Him. That is why He bade us lose our lives to find them. When he fills our minds and hearts and lives other gods vanish. And no god is harder to topple from its shrine than self. It will gladly give up all lesser idols if only it be allowed to retain the throne.”
Like it or not, the heart of the problem is the problem of the heart – yours and mine! So rather than shift the blame we need to confess our sins and commit ourselves wholly unto the Lord.- HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
