When we decide to give our lives to Christ, we cross a threshold. It feels like a victory—and in many ways, it is.

But right behind that victory lurks a subtle, spiritual poison. We begin to look at the world through a lens of “us” and “them.” We start to wonder: Am I better than they are?

The short, jarring answer is: No.

In the economy of Grace, there is no “better.” There is only the called, the seeking, and the found.

This is the first crack in the armor of religious pride. The moment we cross into faith, the ego tries to turn grace into a status symbol. We quietly begin ranking ourselves above those still outside—or even those inside who seem less “advanced.”

But grace doesn’t create a hierarchy. It levels the field. No one is elevated above another; we are simply at different points on the same path of being drawn, responding, or arriving.

Pause today and notice if that subtle “us vs. them” lens has crept in. Where pride whispers “better,” grace reminds us: we are all recipients, never owners, of this gift.