Today's Daily Bread
Battling Ego
Our Daily Bread Radio is hosted by Les Lamborn
When a general returned from a victorious battle, ancient Rome
would stage a parade to welcome the conqueror home. The parade would
include the general’s troops, as well as trophy captives who had been
brought along as evidence of the victory. As the parade made its way
through the city, the crowds would cheer their hero’s success.
To prevent the general’s ego from becoming unduly swollen, a slave
rode along with him in his chariot. Why? So that as the Roman throngs
heaped praise on the general, the slave could continually whisper in his
ear, “You too are mortal.”
When successful, we too may lose sight of our own frailty and allow
our hearts to fill with destructive pride. James pointed us away from
the danger of pride by pointing us to humility and to God. He wrote,
“God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6). The
key to that statement is grace. Nothing is more wonderful! The Lord alone deserves thanks and praise—especially for the grace He has lavished on us.
Our achievements, success, or greatness are not rooted in ourselves.
They are the product of God’s matchless grace, upon which we are
eternally dependent.
New mercies every morning,
Grace for every day,
New hope for every trial,
And courage all the way. —Mc Veigh
Grace for every day,
New hope for every trial,
And courage all the way. —Mc Veigh
God’s grace is infinite love
expressing itself through infinite goodness.
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