Character
flaws are present in everyone and can cause even the strongest Christians to
feel like impostors. An impostor permits character defect to gain control his
or her life. A newspaper told of a pastor who led a charge against the
president of a seminary, which resulted in the president's being fired. That
pastor later resigned his church because scandals plagued his own personal
life.
This illustrates how God's gift of
leadership can become abusive. The carnal side of human nature goes after selfish
pleasures which insist on being satisfied. The apostle Paul warns us to refrain
from deceiving ourselves and others because God will not be mocked. Whatever we
sow, that we will reap.
Godly resilience nudges us back to
higher ground to walk with Jesus and be a blessing to others. All people are
capable of drifting into sin and temptation because we never lose our old sin nature.
But with Christ in us, we have a new nature which gives us power to establish boundaries
on our old sinful nature.
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