Gifts, Power and Wisdom

I will not boast in anything, no gift, no power, no wisdom.

But I will boast in Jesus Christ, His death and resurrection.

-Stuart Townend, How Deep The Father's Love For Us

Go ahead. Sing it out. Feel it. Love it. Believe it. Now, go live it. Which of us can? Can we take every piece of credit we have, then throw it all towards Christ? Again, we are far to selfish for that. How do I know? Because the first thing that would come to any of our minds if we did that would be: "Look at what I just did! I am such a good person, I gave Christ the credit." That's the problem with humility, if you know you have it, it's hard to keep. If you're humble about something, you think: "Look how humble I am!"

If I were to use my ability to give Christ credit, I know I would be arrogant about it. That's why we don't use our own power. We use Christ's ability to give Christ credit. Always Christ. His power, His thought, His life. He is what should power our every movement. Because then, if I were to boast in my power or wisdom, it wouldn't be my power or wisdom, it would be Christ's. Any gift, power or wisdom we have is from Christ. That is what we boast in, while simultaneously realizing that we have nothing without Him. The reason we can throw any credit we have to Christ is because we have no credit. Christ has credit and we take possession of it.

We are ignorant people. People who think that we can accomplish things without Christ, when in reality, we are incapable of good without Christ. Without Christ there is no silver lining in humanity. That's why hell will be hell. Any good here on Earth will be drained out of those who have chosen separation from God. We become humble people when we realize that Christ isn't responsible for certain good things, He is responsible for Good. Any good that comes out of us, is a grace of God.