“We dare not make ourselves of the number or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise” (2 Cor. 10:12).
How sad it is that among the blood-bought children of God, among us who ought to be saying that “I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing,” there are “some that commend themselves,” while God warns us “not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. For who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that thou didst not receive? Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?” There are “some that commend themselves” by telling of their spirituality. But spirituality that must be advertised to be seen is not spirituality. There are among God’s servants “some that commend themselves” by telling of the scope and success of their ministry and how much more they have accomplished than others, “measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves.” Such “are not wise.” By thus “measuring” and “comparing,” we show how little we know of Him, who is “meek and lowly in heart.”
Nothing in which we can glory,
All our help comes from above,
Where our Lord is praying for us
And covers us with His love.
Rom. 7:18; 1 Cor. 4:6-7; Matt. 11:29.