Proving Ourselves?

I wanted the young people to think I was the greatest. I wanted them to tell their friends, ‘Hey, come to our church; our youth pastor is amazing.’

When we planned a county event, I wanted to make it incredible, but organising the event was a struggle because of my motivation. I was trying to prove myself, rather than focusing on what God was doing in our community.

Satan tried to force Jesus to prove himself by taunting, ‘Since you are God’s Son…’ (Luke 4:9).

Jesus didn’t take the bait because he didn’t need to prove himself. Jesus knew who he was and what he was to do.

He also knew that Satan wanted him to focus on himself rather than on God. Jesus defeated Satan’s scheme by quoting God’s word. He glorified God through his obedience.

We feel that we need to prove ourselves, but our job is to point people to God.

We don’t need to prove that we are good enough for God. God loves us and considers us valuable enough to send Christ to earth to die for our sins.

Prayer: Dear God, please help us to remember that we already have your love, and that we don’t need to prove ourselves worthy of it. In Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen