Why am I so interested in me?‏

The good news for spiritual needs is
that our sins are forgiven, we are adopted as children of
God through faith, and we are given eternal life. The
good news for psychological needs is that Christ fills us
with identity, significance, personal respect, and selfworth.
He makes us feel good about ourselves. But is
that really the gospel? Doesn’t the gospel, in a very real
sense, obliterate our preoccupation with ourselves,
equipping us to be preoccupied with loving God and
others? Is it possible that looking for self-worth or
significance is a fundamentally misguided goal? Should
we be asking other questions such as,
“Why am I so interested in me?”

Edward T. Welch
The Journal of Biblical Counseling • Volume 13 • Number 1 • Fall 1994 - Page 28