That's Beneath You!

And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: Deuteronomy 28:13

You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor and put everything under his feet." In putting everything under him, God left nothing that is not subject to him. Hebrews 2:7-8a

In this society filled with all types of prejudices, stereotypes, cliques and factions, there are those of us who think ourselves too good for certain things.

Now it would be one thing if this air of superiority applied only to those in the “world”, but there are those of us who go by the name of Christ who feel exactly the same way. We place ourselves at a level that is above certain people, places and things; and what we are essentially saying is "they are beneath me".

There are those of us who are quick to say…

*Where we will not go- Oh no I don’t go to the hood, i wouldn't caught dead down there
*What we won’t wear- I wouldn’t buy that, I only wear (fill in designer name)
*What we won’t eat- I don’t eat that, that’s poor people’s food (Sounds strange but I've heard it said)
*Who we won’t allow in our space – I’m not hanging out with so-n-so- they aren’t on my level

OH NO!! He, she or that’s Beneath Me!!!

Now I could go into a spiel about how wrong it is to look down on others because God says He is no respecter of persons, and if He isn’t how can we be? I could also go on to tell you how it’s wrong that we won’t go into certain areas when the Lord clearly tells us to go everywhere spreading the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I could even make the point that it is wrong for us to concern ourselves with food and clothing when God lets us know that we are not to worry about what we will wear or what we will eat. But none of these examples make my point for today.

So what is my point you ask? My point is this, how come we can without hesitation, because our narrow-mindedness, put people, places and things beneath us, but that which the Lord says is beneath us; we allow to loom largely over us. We have got this thing all wrong. Why are we so willing to accept whatever the enemy throws our way?

Think about it...

*How many more healthy Christian marriages would there be if when adulterous sexual temptation presented itself we were to say, I’m not going there, that’s beneath me.
*Or when sickness and disease reared its ugly head we were to say, I don’t receive that, it’s beneath me.
*I won’t be stuck in a rut
*I won’t suffer from lack
*I won’t be overtaken by a spirit of depression

THAT’S BENEATH ME!!!!

How come when it’s time to get victory over our circumstances we can’t see our circumstances as beneath us? Don’t you know that we are joint heirs with Christ and that Father God has placed EVERYTHING under His feet which makes everything beneath him, and if beneath Jesus then beneath Us as Christians?

The next time you want to look down on something make sure it’s that thing the enemy would use to hinder your walk with the Lord, after all…That’s Beneath You!!!