The meek man is not a human mouse afflicted with a sense of his own inferiority. Rather, he may be in his moral life as bold as a lion and as strong as Samson; but he has stopped being fooled about himself. He has accepted God’s estimate of his own life. He knows he is as weak and helpless as God has declared him to be, but paradoxically, he knows at the same time that he is, in the sight of God, more important than angels. In himself, nothing; in God, everything. That is his motto. He knows well that the world will never see him as God sees him and he has stopped caring.
–A. W. Tozer
I hope that I can stop being fooled about myself. That I will stop telling myself lies and stop believing them, as well. I want to accept the truth – only then can I move forward and receive real help to provide me with true health.
The sick person who refuses to admit his illness may find himself at the point of death with no way to reverse the damage. But the sick person who honestly admits the truth and goes to the doctor early has a much greater chance of getting the medical treatment needed for complete healing.
I know that I am weak. I know that I am helpless. But I know that God is all-powerful, and that He loves me immensely. And so I want my motto to be: “In myself, nothing; in almighty, loving God… Everything!”
I want to stop caring about what the world thinks about me by me only caring what God thinks about me and allowing that to drive me toward greater caring about the world so that I truly can love my neighbor even more than I love myself.