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Upside Down View of Ourselves

03/13/2021 - Dave Riddle

Key Passage: Psalm 37:5

Ralph Waldo Emerson - “trust thyself”

Proverbs 3:5 - don’t do that…
- Self-reliance limits our spiritual growth
- Psalm 37:5 - “Depend on the Lord. Trust in him, and he will help you.”
- Jeremiah 9:23 - Don’t boast about yourself
- Philippians 4:11-13 - it’s not about our strength or ability.

Spiritual growth is not about personal willpower, it’s about surrender.

What do we trust in?

His Forgiveness

Luke 18:9-14
- …everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.
Romans 3:11-12
- Our own goodness will never be enough.
Philippians 3:9
- Our righteousness comes from him!
It all goes back to what God has done for us.

His Empowerment

1 Chronicles 16:11
- Seek God
Acts 1:8a
- Empowered by the Holy Spirit.
- dynamos (δύναμαι)= able. to be able, have power whether by virtue of one's own ability and resources, or of a state of mind, or through favourable circumstances, or by permission of law
The same power that raised Christ from the dead empowers you today!

His Wisdom

1 Corinthians 3:19
- The wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight.
James 3:17
- The wisdom from above is pure, peace loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy, unwavering, without pretense…

His Provision

Psalm 34:19 - “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord rescues from them all.”
1 Peter 5:7 - cast all your anxieties on God..
2 Corinthians 1:8-9
- We even despaired off life itself!
- …so that we would not trust ourselves.
His provision is better than our attempts at self preservation

His Kingship