Compared With What?

We do not care to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.

2 Corinthians 10:12 NIV

I’m always a little surprised when I hear someone comment that they cannot understand why God would do something for Mr. and Mrs. Someone and not for them. But the comment that shocks me is when they say, “It isn’t fair.”

The hard truth is, we ought to be asking why God would ever do anything for any of us. As Jeremiah wrote, “Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not” (Lamentations 3:22). The only thing we “deserve” is His wrath. Whatever talent or ability we may develop or position we may achieve, it is only because of God’s great grace.

I love Paul’s gentle sarcasm when he wrote: “We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise” (2 Corinthians 10:12 NIV). Today, thank Him for who you are and every blessing He has provided.