Proverbs 27:2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.

It may seem a strange verse to have in a mini devotion, but how many times have you actually praised yourself in the past.

I know that I have done so many times in the past and I am still guilty of it time and time again, but when we come to serving God we must take a different approach.

We come as servants to God. As servants we should not praise ourselves nor should we wait on every breath to see what praise we get – instead we should get down and do God’s will, and that is all!

2 Corinthians 10:18 For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

We could probably think of all sorts of good things that we can say about ourselves and all of it could be true; but it is not up to us to glorify ourselves – that is God’s position.

As children of our God we should not be the ones bragging about how good we are because we are Christians and others are not! Let us never forget that we are sinners, just as is every man.

But we do have a sure prophecy in knowing that we are approved of God because we have placed our faith and trust in Christ our Saviour!

John 8:54 Jesus answered, "If I honour Myself, My honour is nothing. It is My Father who honours Me, of whom you say that He is your God.

What would you think of a person who had a big ceremony to honour themselves? Yes I know it’s a loaded question but that is the great humility that Christ showed here on earth.

Christ did not lift Himself up as anything more than the Son of God because that is what God had already proclaimed.

We must, equally, not try to lift ourselves up any more than being the servants of God that we are. God has made us servant for a reason – to glorify Him. Don’t take that away from God!