“I can’t become a person of God, no matter how much I try, it seems that there is no way for me and sometimes I feel like giving up,” a young lady recently said…

All creation – including the Creator – has what we call the point of balance. The human body, the aeroplane, the car… in other words, everything needs balance. And this is no different from the point of view of faith.

One of the most important requirements of a bishop is that he be sober, that is, he should be self-controlled or balanced (1 Timothy 3.2).

What about righteousness by faith?

There are many converts who get frustrated in their faith for being overly righteous in the way they see and judge things. Any small thing is already a reason for criticism and offence. Everything is taken to the extreme…

An example of this is the way they give their tithes. Many are so righteous when paying their tithes that they put exactly 10% of their income, including the pennies. Obviously, it’s not about tithe itself, but rather the excessiveness of a righteous man’s justice.

They turn the most innocent joke into a scandal. They forget that even though they don’t belong to this world, they still live in it. And, for this reason, they shouldn’t demand too much from others or even from themselves.

Unfortunately, many people end up abandoning faith because they can’t meet their own excessive demands – or the demands of a deceiving spirit in disguise… To have balance in relation to faith is to neither tolerate sin nor be excessively righteous.

Some people have faith to eat vegetables, whilst others have faith to eat meat… However, each one should have a well-defined faith.

Intelligent faith not only respects the faith of others but, above all, it is concerned about its own development.

“Do not be overly righteous, nor be overly wise: Why should you destroy yourself?” (Ecclesiastes 7.16)

One of the characteristics of a bishop is sobriety.