Three Reasons Not to Spend Your Day on Introspection

Three Reasons Not to Spend Your Day on Introspection

When your a college student with a lot of home work and an absent mind you begin to see the dangers of too much self examination. I do mean to say that being introspective is wrong but just as any good thing can be twisted for evil use so can it. I once heard C.J Mahaney say that we can never have a correct view of ourselves without first correctly viewing God. So with these truths in mind and many others I forgot, I give you three reasons to avoid too much introspection.

1. When you spend a lot of time talking to yourself and looking at what you are like you begin to lost interest in other people (as surprising as it may be, talking to yourself does not make you more popular).

2. It blinds the eyes toward art whether that be nature or a Van Gogh (it is really hard to see what is in front you when you are looking at your nose).

3. We lose close fellowship with God. When the Christian is busy looking at himself he forgets about fighting sin and tries to solve all his problems rather than bringing them to his Father.