I just spent the night sitting with a co-worker/friend whose house had burned to the ground with everything they own still in it.  My friend, his wife, and son made it out alive. However, there were 4 members of this family. Their four year old daughter did not make it out. This was truly a sobering experience.

The apostle Paul told the Roman brethren, “For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but as to think soberly…” (Romans 12:3). When beginning to preach, a wise preacher by the name of Ronnie Hinds always said the word “sober[ly]” is thinking about things the “way they really are.” Is that not what God is trying to impress upon us as He tells us “not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought…”? In reality, we are the created and not the creator! Continue reading » Seeing Soberly…Reality