Random food for thought

I was listening to a sermon, and I heard quite a humorous statement. It was only humorous because it was so so true. So often, as Christians, we tend to give too much credit to ourselves. We think, look at me. “I” have done a lot of great stuff for Jesus. “I” have done this for my church. “I” have given my money in this way. But lets look at the reality of the situation. Everything good thing in life is ultimately a gift of grace from God, and since he is the source of all that is good, He is the only one who can really take credit. Here’s the analogy that I just love. If we are ever tempted to feel like it is by our own abilities and power that we serve, look at the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000. One boy had a simple lunch box, and Jesus in his great power turned that simple, small offering into an enormous blessing. Then think if a bunch of people came up to the boy and said, “Wow, that was great! Tell us, how did you feed so many people?” The only logical, rational response to that could be, “I don’t know, it wasn’t me, it was all Jesus.” And yet how many times do we take credit for things in our lives that we know are all because of Jesus’ great power.