The "Superman" Syndrome

Unnoticeably, undesirably, it settles in as though we haven’t struggled to keep it out as it was creeping in. It’s a syndrome which I like to call the “Superman” Christianity. It’s when we tend to think of ourselves more highly than we ought to and we become less reflective of the gospel than we ought to be. We walk around showing off our superman costumes, without caring much about the people who have just entered the room dressed in filthy rags with their heads tilted down. It’s as though we have forgotten how we looked like when Jesus first had pity on us. We must, through His grace alone, remember to always consider others better than ourselves.