Do you Have an Inferiority Complex?

Daily Reading:  Philippians 1:1 – 11

“And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment.”

                                                                            Philippians 1:9

Truth transforms.  Jesus said in His earthly ministry, “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”  Truth ignored will not liberate you, but known truth will affect your life.  What we read, study, and know has the ability to change us.  Especially when it is the Word of God that we are reading, studying, and knowing.  It alone is living, powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword.  If you desire manhood as God intended for your life, there is no shortcut.  You must spend time in God’s Word, allowing His Holy Spirit to pour into you His knowledge and judgment through His written Word.

A word of caution is also needed at this point.  As you read, study, and know, DO NOT get caught in the trap of becoming and information gatherer.  That was the failure of the gnostics during New Testament times.  To them, it became information to be argued.  Gnosticism is alive and well today among saved men.  We must allow the Word of God to change us…to transform us.  

As we grow in knowledge and discernment, the Holy Spirit will equip us to recognize, “things that are excellent”.  When we recognize excellence, it is because we also recognize things that are inferior.  No man desires to live in inferiority!  Through God’s Word we can learn to discern, so life is lived genuinely for His honor and glory as we are filled with the fruits of righteousness.