Nothing to Prove, Nothing to Lose and Nothing to Hide

from Ps Edmund Chan's - MENTORING PARADIGM-4

Nothing to prove is a state of deep security in God

Nothing to lose is a state of absolute surrender to God

Nothing to hide is a state of true integrity before God

The key to living with nothing to prove is humility.

Which in my own opinion is very difficult because everyone of us wants pride. I like what Philippians 2:3 says :"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves." This verse could be tough to exercise because most of us wants to be the FIRST and with that we have never thought others better than ourselves.

The key to living with nothing to lose is giving-up your rights, which is giving-in to God.

The root cause of our inability to reach this blessed state is our lack of inner security. Insecurity causes us to fall into performance trap which inreturn leads to fragile egos. Insecurity leads us to FEAR and FULL SURRENDER to God too! In truth, we become possessed by our possessions. Controlled by our need for control. We miss the point that true security comes when we find satisfaction only in Christ and with that includes giving up your rights!

Finally, insecurity also causes us to camouflage our sins with artificial, guilt-soothing human constructs. We hide our heartaches, sins and pains behind smiling masks and ministry activities. We focus on temporarily managing our sins thru excuses instead of completely repenting of them.

When we walk in true repentance, then there is nothing to hide. Isn't this wonderful as believers we are taught to confess our sins to one another so there is nothing to hide.

Will remember this 3 principles and follow closely as I believe God will use someone who has nothing to prove, nothing to lose and nothing to hide. More importantly we will have absolute peace as we have nothing to prove, nothing to lose and nothing to hide :)