Self-Examination

Self-examination

Socrates once passed on to his student – Plato – an unshakeable truth, “a life unexamined is not worth living.”

The Apostle Paul iterated that believers should examine themselves to whether we are of the faith (2 Cor. 13:5)

Let me explain something about this introspective examination that is integral to an effective way of living. Examining one’s self is about uncovering the truth, measuring yourself against the Word of God, using it as mirror to analyze the progress that you have made. The problem is that many believers look for their failures in their examination, without being willing to acknowledge their progress. You are not to measure yourself off of the reflected appraisals of others, but by the Word of God. In this examination, you must see the truth, both in your failures and your accomplishments.

Just because others only choose to acknowledge your shortcomings and not your progress doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t. If all you ever consider is what you have done wrong and what you have not accomplished, you will develop a mindset that is fatalistic. You are not perfect, stop judging yourself on a scale of perfection. Instead judge yourself by your level of conviction.

Are you convicted to follow Christ?

Are you convicted when you stumble?

Are your convicted to make an impact?

Dr. Rick Wallace 

True conviction will drive your actions. It does not mean that you are perfect, but it does mean that you are striving for perfection. In life, no matter what we are doing. We never truly attain perfection. No one has the perfect body, but many are striving for it. No one is perfectly astute in finance, but many are striving toward. What we have discovered is that the moment you stop striving, you regress.

David is the perfect example that God is not looking at our level of perfection, but the level of conviction (the condition of the heart). If there was ever a screw-up, it was David. The thing is that the moment that David became aware of his wrong, he sought God – he was convicted.

For believers, perfection is positional for now. This means that our perfection is attained through the expiating work of Christ at Calvary. Simply by being in Him we are accepted as perfect. Our conviction, because of this truth, drives us through experiential sanctification (striving toward perfection) and it will be culminated in eternal sanctification when are leave this life to be with the Lord.

Stop beating yourself up over the reality of your fallibility and start striving toward your destiny. ~ Dr. Rick Wallace

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