If you were in the process of baking a cake, and in the middle of mixing it, realized that you were lacking one or two key ingredients, what would you do? If you really wanted to finish the cake you, would either go to your neighbor's house to ask for the missing ingredients or you would go to the store to pick up what you were lacking, right? This is what I would do, especially since I really like cake.
What would you think of a person who started mixing, was missing a couple of key ingredients, but acted like nothing was missing? Wouldn't you think it was absurd? Would you want that cake when it was done? It is as if admitting lacking an ingredient is somehow a bad thing. I know what I would say to such a person, "What's the big deal? Just go get the ingredients!"
You know what, though? As ridiculous as this example is, Christians do it all the time. As if somehow admitting there is a deficiency, error, misunderstanding, oversight, or even disobedience in their walk, is going to erase their entire walk with God. If you're lacking something, even something big, it does not necessarily mean that your entire walk with God was a lie, it just means that you are lacking something. What's the big deal?
Fill up where you're lacking. I know that I am lacking in my walk. If I admit that I am lacking, I can obtain that which I am lacking. However, if I refuse to admit that I am lacking, then I cannot obtain that which I am lacking. I will either remain deficient in an area of my life, or even worse, miss out on the kingdom entirely. Harm comes when we, in pride, refuse to admit that we are lacking.
Humility is a wonderful thing; it helps us to see our need before God. Micah 6:8 says, "He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" Pray for humility before God, asking for help to see where you are lacking in your walk. I know that I need to pray for humility, because it is hard for me to be honest with myself sometimes. Though I have really had to wrestle sometimes throughout my Christian walk, admitting the deficiency has always built me up, making my walk with God fuller, it has never torn me down.
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