TOO SMART FOR OUR OWN GOOD

Personally I would

rather not be around

ignorant, dumb or

stupid people. That

means anyone more

ignorant, dumb, or

stupid than myself.

[If other people think

like that. It may

account for them not bothering me!]

I do not know of any place in the Scriptures that

puts a premium on, ignorance, stupidity, or

dumbness. (You draw the lines of demarcation.)

And I am not trying to advocate them.

But have you ever thought about how sometimes

we are too smart for what we are doing? Too

smart for our own good?

Any time we think we can handle things, or

depend on our own abilities, we are too smart for

our own good. Jesus said,

"for apart from me you can do nothing."

-John 15:5 RSV

The Apostle Paul said,

"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,

to show that the transcendent power belongs

to God and not to us.-2 Corinthians 4:7 RSV

We are only the container. It is supposed to be

God who is seen in us. Not us and our skills or

abilities or knowledge.

Look what happened to Moses. He was raised by

Pharaoh's daughter in the palaces of Egypt.

"And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of

the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words

and deeds."

-Acts 7:22 RSV

And you know God could not use him that

way. Moses had to spend forty years in the desert

unlearning what he had learned. But when God

got through with him. He was the meekest man

on earth and God was able to use him in a mighty

way.

"Now the man Moses was very meek, more

than all men that were on the face of the earth.

-Numbers 12:3 RSV

[Hey! what happened to his self esteem???]

See this vessel (container).

That is the way we are

supposed to be. It is cheap,

fragile and no good for any

thing. It's purpose is only

to display the cheesecake.

It's all about the cheesecake,

not the container,

Even what little stands

out on this crummy

container, is advertising

for the cheesecake.

That is the way we are supposed to be. Full of

God, and whatever anyone can see in us is only

about God in us.

K.P. Yohannan in his book "Dependence Upon the

Lord" on page 41 gives us this quote from Mother

Teresa.

"I am convinced that when I am gone, if God finds

a person more ignorant and useless that I, He will

do greater things through that person because it

will be His doing."

"Lord help us to only show you and not ourselves.

May you increase while we decrease."