Falsely Wise.

Rom 1:21  Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 

Rom 1:22  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools

Vain deceit causes us to believe in ourselves- not Christ. Vain deceit causes us to believe in others- not Christ.

Vain in our imaginings, foolish hearts darkened, falsely wise really are fools.

Too often we imagine we are Christians when really we play at being Christians. We put on our Christian guise and it fools even us because we don't want to follow the hard truths of Christ's. We smooth our Christian costume while doing what we tell ourselves is the work of our Lord, wrinkle free we are pleased. Being a Christian isn't about an easy life. Being a Christian isn't our happiness. Being a Christian isn't about us. Being a Christian is about Christ's salvation. Once we comprehend that our Savior died for us so we may have eternal life with Him, we then know that the life we are living now is going to be filled with pain of all varying sorts. We comprehend that we have entered a war, not a luxury life. We enter this war and we live our lives enlisting others to enter the very same war. 

We have NO wisdom of our own, none. This isn't about us! It's so incredibly easy for us to twist things so we are the center of it all, pushing Christ out of our lives rather than allowing Him in.

As long as we focus on ourselves we are not focused on Christ, it's true.

Ask yourself if you are thinking of yourself or Christ in any given moment and pay attention to your answer because that will tell you a lot. If you don't want to hear your own answer then you need to ask yourself why.

May God help us all and please, keep us from the evil of our vain deceit.

All through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, now and forever!