If there is anything in our lives that is wrong, let’s ask God to show it to us. Have we been selfish? Have we been more protective of our own reputation than of the honor of God? Elijah thought he was zealous for the honor of God, but it turned out that it was his own honor after all; self was really at the bottom of it. One of the saddest things, I think, that Christ had to deal with in his disciples was this very thing; there was a constant struggle between them as to who should be the greatest, instead of each one taking the humblest place and being least in his own estimation.
