2 Corinthians 10:12
Topic : 2 CorinthiansGrowth Chart
The growth chart had slipped from the playroom wall because the tape on its corners had become dry and brittle. Five-year-old Jordan hung it up again, meticulously working to get it straight. Then he stood his sister against the wall to measure her height.
Mommy! Mommy! Anneke is forty inches tall! he shouted as he burst into the kitchen. I measured her.
His mom replied, Thats impossible, Sweetheart. Shes only 3 years old. Lets go see.
They walked back into the playroom, where the mothers suspicions were confirmed. Despite his efforts to hang the chart straight, Jordan had failed to set it at the proper height. It was several inches low.
We easily make Jordans mistake in gauging our spiritual growth or importance. Compared to a shortened scale, we may appear better than we are. Only when we stand against the Cross, that great leveler or men as A. T. Robertson called it, can we not think of ourselves more highly than we ought to think. Christ, himself, must be our standard.