“As God’s messenger I give each of you God’s warning: Be honest in your estimate of yourselves, measuring your value by how much faith God has given you.” Romans 12:3 (TLB)

Somewhere I read this –kill pride before it kills you. The pride is a slow killer like weed kills a beautiful yard. The weed has to be carefully watched, removed before it kills beautiful grass. Pride and other easily entangled negative behaviors must be estimated rightly and remove before it destroys us.

I have come across people who do not accept the fact and truth about them. You see without a true understanding and estimate about yourself, you can never improve and develop. Before any change or improvement happens, one should have a true estimate of oneself.

You see, nobody is perfect or can be perfect in this sin bound world. We all have a lot of potential opportunities to change and improve if we have the right estimation of ourselves.

Yet other people want to get into things that they are not fitted or called for. The pride makes them craving to do things to show forth people they have the gift or the measure of faith God has not really given to them. They think more highly of themselves than they ought to think, lacking sound judgment and understanding of the gifts and measure of faith given to them by the Lord. This is another danger that negatively impacts them and others in their group. Bible gives a warning- Be honest in your estimate of yourselves. Have the right estimate about you based on how much faith God has given you. All are not divinely equipped and called to do everything. God gives special enablement and faith for special matters according to his unique distribution of spiritual gifts. Understanding this truth, much harm can be avoided.

NASB translates today’s insight this way, “For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.”

A pride person should be aware of his or her pride nature and must take action to remove it before it destroys. A drunkard and all types of addicts must have a true understanding of themselves. As long as one lives in denial, no change or improvement is possible. Secondly, keep a sound judgment or estimate what God gave to you. Do not try to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think.

Bible says God has the power to create in you a brand new person. The old would be gone and you would become a brand new creation. Listen to what it says in 2nd Corinthians 5:17 -if anyone is in Christ, God makes him a brand new creation. The old attitudes, behaviors, and actions are gone. All-new is here. God creates in you a brand person in Christ Jesus.

Got a moment for today’s prayer? “Father in heaven, help me to be honest in estimating myself. I know it is easy to change for the better when I know myself well. Help me to change inside out by the power of your Son, Jesus Christ, who lives inside me. You promised if anyone is in Christ, a new creation has come. The old is gone and new is here. I want to be a brand new person as you promised. I know Jesus is my savior because He died and rose again for all of my sins. I accept him as my savior and Lord. In Christ’s name, I pray. Amen.”