2 Corinthians 10

V. 17-18, Give credit where credit is due

There is an old saying, “Give credit where credit is due.” It is a saying that means we should give someone credit who deserves it, even if we dislike something about them. A lot of times things we see things happen all around us and yet the people responsible for getting the actual job done never receive credit. Politicians love to take credit for the hard work of their constituents, CEO’s take the credit for the work of their employees, and so on and so on. This happens in the natural daily, but it should never happen in the church (spiritual). The one who deserves the credit should always get the credit in the church, Jesus deserves all credit.
In verse 17 and 18 Paul notes this fact by simply saying if you are going to boast you better be boasting in the Lord and not yourself. He continues to say that someone who commends themselves are not worthy of honor, instead those who the Lord commends are. I have a problem with the prideful heart of many in the modern church. It seems that most every ministry or church has a front man (or woman) that is the face of their franchise. This person is on every advertisement and bulletin and seems to be more of a celebrity than a spiritual leader. They publicize attendance numbers, baptisms, salvations, and offering statistics like ESPN lists sports statistics. I am not saying they are bad or not Christians, what I am saying is I wish more of the focus was on Jesus instead of them. As believers everything we do should be to magnify Jesus to this world and minimize ourselves. Like John the Baptist said in John 3:30, He must increase, and we must decrease. The less they see our hands in it the more they see His hands on everything.