i think this is a lifelong battle that every believer goes through. tim keller, who's sermon's inspired the blog that i took this from, talks in an amazing sermon about the struggle we have between law & grace; self-sufficiency and God-sufficiency. anyway, this excerpt really hit me this morning:
RELIGION: My self-view swings between two poles. If and when I am living up to my standards, I feel confident, but then I am prone to be proud and unsympathetic to failing people. If and when I am not living up to standards, I feel insecure and inadequate. I’m not confident. I feel like a failure.
THE GOSPEL: My self-view is not based on a view of my self as a moral achiever. In Christ I am “simul iustus et peccator”—simultaneously sinful and yet accepted in Christ. I am so bad he had to die for me and I am so loved he was glad to die for me. This leads me to deeper and deeper humility and confidence at the same time. Neither swaggering nor sniveling.
you can & must read the full entry here.
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