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It ought to
be a matter of much prayer and high priority to resist the accolades
of men. The old nature is dying, therefore it is insecure. It wants constant reassurance and that form of reassurance is so severely addictive, nothing can break the addiction except the power of the Holy Spirit. We have taken on an interesting word in the last seventy or eighty years - "ego." We have used that word as though it were a valid term. The term comes from Freud, and he drew up the idea that it is a part of us that must be fed, but according to his diagnosis. The Bible never mentions ego - things are more simple than that. The instruction of the Lord is that we are to look ahead and we must not seek the approval of men. Agreement is sweet and unity is a must. Support can be supernatural. But when the Soldier of the Cross wants even a tiny bit to have the other think he is better than he is, or know how good he is, or if he needs to hear another applaud him, warning signals ought to go off all the way around. I don't have an ego. I have an old nature that kicks and screams for attention, but is positionally dead and that means I have a choice. When I choose to obey the Lord, at that moment there will be power to respond to Him and Him alone. |
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