Deeper Life #37

Yea, I judge not mine own self.

—1 Corinthians 4:3

WHO HAS NOT MET SENSITIVE Christians who are so hyper-conscientious that they are almost afraid to breathe, lest they err? Such bondage is obviously not in accordance with the New Testament. There is no element of freedom about such a tyrannizing standard of introspective self-judgment, for perfect love casteth out fear. Such conscientiousness is selfishness, inverted from glowing pride into a creeping fear.

Paul was not bound or limited by his own introspection or by any subjective standard of judgment whatsoever. He did not live in the light of his own convictions. He walked in the light that produces convictions of the most definite order.

Prayer Thought: Not my will but Thine be done, Lord Jesus.

SUGGESTED READING: Psalm 139:23–24