Did you leave your lights on?

Text: Rom 3:23; Jas 4:8-10

Humility, pride, confession, errors, glory of God

I get a kick out of the public announcements telling the audience that someone has left the lights on in their car. I always look to see, knowing the person might face a small amount of public humility, if they get up immediately or not. You know if humility or pride dictates their next move. Humility gets up and makes the changes regardless of the perceived public laughter. Pride doesn’t want anyone to notice that a mistake has been made. However, pride results in a dead battery if changes are not made.

Scripture makes a public announcement: 'We have all fallen short of the glory of God.' Humility publicly accepts this, pride refuses to. Humility accepts our sins and shortcomings and calls for help, pride performs for self and masks any need for help. Humility seeks the presence of others who have fallen short of God's glory; pride continues to parade itself as self-sufficient. The true Church of Jesus Christ is not designed to meet the expectations of the prideful, but to strengthen those who acknowledge their need for God.