Religious windbags, you know them, they are the ones at work or even at church who claim to be full of the Spirit but really are only full of hot air. Beware of the person who boasts about his achievements for God and his own holiness. That person, according to Jude 16, is a spiritual windbag, for the true mark of holiness is a deep consciousness of our own failures and shortcomings. The nearer we walk to the Light, the more personal defects we see. God said concerning Job, “That there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and escheweth evil” (Job 1:8). Yet Job said of himself, “I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
There is little that is as displeasing to God as a self-righteous, complacent person. The Pharisee in Luke 18 boasted of his own goodness and said, “I thank thee, O God, that I am not like other men.” His boasting was a stench to God. But remember the poor publican beating on his breast, cried, “God, be merciful to me a sinner.” When a person is filled with the Spirit, there is humility. When a person is filled with himself, he is only full of hot air.
It is not nearly as important what you’ve done for God as what God has done for you!
A careless word may kindle a strife,
An evil word may wreck a life,
A bitter word may hate instill,
So, Lord, make my words your will.
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞Choose your words carefully.
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