Ed’s opinion

When one says, “I am nothing special.” It can be a truly spiritual understanding, but there is a potential humanistic perversion to be avoided.

This statement, without sincere recognition of the greatness of God in our life, becomes a lie and a cover-up or excuse to actually be self-centered. It can be a tip-off of idolatry with some aspect of “me, myself or I” being the idol.

First off, I can say the words, but at the same time be very much concentrated on “me”. Thinking about how everything affects me, and makes me feel, and waiting on others to prove to me, over and over, that I am special.

What’s going on in this perversion is I am saying humble sounding words, but my reality is that my feelings and interpretations are the center of my spiritual universe.

A second deception of this perversion is I say, ” I’m nothing special”, and I demonstrate the truth of that thought by not trying very hard and basically living a poor me, pity me lifestyle. This is still a very self-centered gospel even though it sounds humble.