“If a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself” (Galatians 6:3).

He was really something else, believe me. “Quinton Ezekiel (not his real name!) had an ego that was as big as a football field,” Bill said to his new partner at work. “You and I will probably have to live his reputation down for a few months. But sooner or later our customers will discover that we are different,” he concluded.

After a moment, the new partner, Larry, spoke up and said, “I don’t want to be involved in gossip. But you know I am new to the company and certainly I don’t want to do something inadvertently to offend customers. May I ask just a little about Quinton?”

Bill burst out laughing. He continued driving and replied, “Well, let’s just say that Quinton thought way too much of himself. He thought he was smarter than anyone else, including our supervisors. He thought he was wiser than anyone else. He even told several of our customers that he would never run their companies the way they were being run. It just didn’t work out because he thought he was someone big, and he really wasn’t.”

Larry never forgot that last statement. He silently prayed for Quinton and then asked the Lord to always help him to remember that he would be nothing without the grace of God.

Here’s a great thought or two to send you on your way for today: I don’t want to be like Quinton. I want to always remember that our Lord is great; I am not. He is God, and I am thrilled to be one of His people.