Monday, April 13, 2009
True Selflessness
Milt Stanley links to a post that is devastating to someone that likes super-heroes as much as I do.
A classic example would be someone who tired to rescue you when you did not need rescuing because of how it made them feel.
Fortunately, most of us are not that bad, but we do have tendencies. We think that God came to save us, and think that makes us the hero of the gospel story. When Superman saves the kitten stuck in a tree, is it now "Kitten Comics?" We are saved, but it is His story.
O Lord, how often we forget that.
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But I notice that a lot of Christian publishing thrives on promises that you too can be the hero of your story. That's why so many book covers depict people raising their hands in triumph atop rocky crags that they've just conquered. As if to say, read this book and become a hero, the prince or princess, the victorious warrior, the great man or woman that you are supposed to be.There is an interesting personality disorder out there called BPD. It is marked by an overwhelming concern for self. Like most such things there are degrees, and some people can be quite high-functioning. You have probably met someone like that.
This is idol worship, that's all.
The alternative? Not I who live, said Paul, but Christ lives in me. Who is the hero in such a statement?
A classic example would be someone who tired to rescue you when you did not need rescuing because of how it made them feel.
Fortunately, most of us are not that bad, but we do have tendencies. We think that God came to save us, and think that makes us the hero of the gospel story. When Superman saves the kitten stuck in a tree, is it now "Kitten Comics?" We are saved, but it is His story.
O Lord, how often we forget that.
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