Self-Destruction
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast
rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to
me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy
children.”
(Hosea 4:6)
Today’s Morsel: One of the worst
kinds of destruction is self-destruction. Self-destructive
behavior is any behavior that is harmful or potentially harmful towards
the person who engages in the behavior. One such self-destructive
behavior I see in the church is, “Forced
incompetence.” This means people
portraying themselves as unintelligent or incapable of successfully achieving
something. Forced incompetence usually stems from a lack of self-
confidence in one’s abilities. Such comments as “I’m afraid”, “I don’t
think that I can,” “I’m not good enough to do that.” are all comments of
lack of self-confidence. It may not look as self-destruction, but it
is. When we don’t use our talents for the kingdom we will soon
self-destruct. The enemy is always looking for Christians who do not engage
in the kingdom. They become his best weapons against God. Another
type of self-destructive behavior is refusing to accept godly counsel.
“For without me you can do nothing, Jesus said.” (John 15:5) Through the
Prophet Hosea, God said that His people were destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee. When we refuse to accept God’s word to help us and obey
what He is asking of us to do, we are heading for self-destruction.
Sing: Give
me oil in my lamp keep me burning. Give me oil in my lamp I pray.
Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning, burning, burning; keep me burning till
the break of day.
Thought For
Today: “Study to shew
thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
dividing the word of truth.” (2 Timothy
2:15)
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