Don't get too cocky

Sometimes, I think we are tempted to believe our church, denomination, or movement is THE ONLY ONE which is pure and theologically right enough to really be in the business of God's apostolic work here on earth.
When we reach this mindset, and I have been there, we begin to narrow our focus on what we are doing in our small context as opposed to what God is doing throughout His whole church.
Now, that is not to say doing God's work is important because it is, but to look at ourselves as if we're God's last hope for reaching every tribe and tongue is a disservice to God because he uses all types of movements and denominations to reach people with the Gospel. Now, I am not saying that all theological systems are equal, because they are not, however, I am saying that it does not fit with what we see in Scripture when we look at our movement or church as the only hope for the world.
You see, it's not about us, it's about the Gospel. It's about God taking miserable human beings and putting them in His service to reach the world with the Gospel. We should take purity of doctrine seriously, but not take ourselves so seriously. I think when we do that, we see ourselves as a part of the Body, as opposed to seeing ourselves as THE part of the Body and everyone else as lesser than we may be. God does amazing things through ALL of His Church, and that is a beautiful miracle of which should lead us to awe.

Book of the day Christian Spirituality: Five Views of Sanctification edited by Donald Alexander.