Getting the big head

Have you ever met someone who is all puffed up? Or, they get all big headed when they do something good in life. When those moments come that they really feel like the accomplished something they are walking in the clouds. Well, I have news for you, we all fit that description. We all fall into a category of having the big head. If you have ever accomplished something, or if you have children and have watched them accomplish something your head has swollen. I like to go to church children's performances, they're funny to watch because you just don't know what the kids will do for sure. You see adults who have worked for months and months on the play, and you see them all stressed out because they know what the kids may say or do that isn't part of the show. Then, you watch the parents. They are beaming from the second the show starts. Smiling from ear to ear with their camcorders, everyone is weaving, bending and jumping around trying to get the perfect shot of their kid. If you go to their homes you'll see that the camera is focused on their child and nothing else. They're proud, they're excited to see their kids do something that they have worked hard on, and even more excited to share it publicly. Another time this happens is at graduation, I see moms and dads so proud. Even though most of them will go on to college and graduate from college, they are proud to see this day come. It is the culmination of 13 years of getting their kids out of bed, fed and making sure they do homework and study for tests. It's hard work and they can take full credit for it.
Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- not by works so that no one can boast.
The day you turned your heart to God, you accepted Him as your Savior and admitted your sins there were several people beaming. Your parents were probably proud that years of getting you up on Sunday morning and getting you to church, years of praying for you had now culminated in your public profession of faith. But, in the truest sense only one person can be proud, that's God. He can be proud of the gift that He gave you, of the fact that He sent His Son to die on a cross to give you this choice. No one else has anything to do with it. Not the youth pastor, children's minister, pastor or Sunday school teacher, not even the parents. God had everything to do with it, and it is His free gift of grace to each of us who choose it. So don't get the big head that you are saved, that you can call yourself a Christian, you didn't do any of the work. You simply accepted a gift and any 2 year old at a birthday party can accept a free gift.
Thank God for His part in your salvation and the salvation of your family today.
Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!