Ditching Our “I’m GOD” Delusion

Did you know, according to Wikipedia, that nationally syndicated Radio Hall of Famer, self-titled “Charlamagne tha God,” graduated from Berkeley High School in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, after attending night school following a period of incarceration as a teenager? (His given name is Lenard Larry McKelvey.)

While not everyone who has been clinically diagnosed with a “God-complex” (also known as “delusions of grandeur”) has chosen to grant themselves the title “tha God,” some people actually suffer with this diagnosable, psychological malady. According to BrightQuest Treatment Centers, true clinical delusions of grandeur affect a very small percentage of the general population (roughly 0.2% to 0.5%). Though the population percentage needing treatment for this condition is very small, I fear that we have all, at least once in our lives, “dabbled” with a delusional moment of acting as if we were GOD!

In Daniel chapter 2, we see this dabbling lived out in the life of King Nebuchadnezzar. It is the beginning of his self-destructive “God-complex”. We also observe Daniel’s pathway to ditch any dabbling delusions that seek to capture our hearts and minds.

I pray that you have already made plans to join us for this message, as we learn from Daniel how to Ditch our “I’M GOD” Delusions.

Pastor Joe Still