SCRIPTURE: 2Corinthians (NIV) 3:5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.
6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
OBSERVATION: Paul had just claimed that the people of the church in Corinth were proof of his ministry. Then he quickly acknowledges that their success was not because of their skills, but totally because of their dependence on God.
APPLICATION: Whatever our assignment in the kingdom of God, it is important that we rely on the Holy Spirit. Being a parent or a grandparent, being a worker or a leader, being a neighbor or a distant relative…whatever we are and wherever we live, we are important in God’s kingdom and serve an important responsibility.
So, today I will be less stressed. Today I will be more confident that I will succeed because I have more faith in God’s ability than my ability. I will be more humble, knowing that success did not come because of my intelligence or my skills. Today my life will become a living expression of the Life of Christ.
PRAYER: Lord, I want to live my life depending on you so that others can see you instead of me. Amen
Pastor Leon
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