Self Evaluation: A step for life improvement.

SELF EVALUATION: A step for life improvement.

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“Examine yourself to see whether you are in faith, test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you -unless of course you fail to test”? (2 Corinthians 13:5)  

One day, Edeh was preparing to go out. His grandchild was curious to know where he is preparing to go and asked him, grand pa, where are you going? Edeh answered, I am going for checkup. What is checkup? The little child asked again? Checkup is to see my doctor to examine and test me whether I am in good health. It is advised that we examine and test our physical and health status regularly.

In his second letter to the church, Paul was preparing to return to them a third time after spending a great deal of time in Corinth already. Before his arrival, Paul sternly cautioned the congregation to prepare to face the issues he has previously raised. Part of Paul’s warning included these words “Examine yourself to see whether you are in faith, test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you -unless of course you fail to test?”

This was not the first time Paul had admonished the Corinthians to examine themselves. Earlier, he observed that the church was participating in the Lord’s supper in an unworthy manner. He told them “Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink the cup” (1 Cor. 11:28).

The words, evaluate yourself, examine yourself and test yourself mean essentially the same thing. Some bible versions have “look carefully at yourself or ask yourself”.
Believers are to give themselves spiritual checkups. Examine their motives, their actions, and the current conditions of their hearts to make sure they do not bring God’s discipline on themselves.

We advise that in this new year 2026, you intentionally indulge in self-evaluation.  Apart from evaluating your spiritual condition, do also evaluate your physical condition, mental health, emotional health to know whether there are issues to resolve.

Also evaluate your personal lifestyle, your family life, your relationship, your commitment to your job, business, and ministry to know whether you are in the right ways or you are missing something or in the wrong part.

Kindly perpend the benefits of self-evaluation.

Self-evaluation is crucial for your spiritual growth. Helping you to identify sins and repent, gain assurance of faith, avoid deception, do God’s will, foster maturity, have more intentional relationship with Jesus.

Self-evaluation will increase self-awareness, accountability, and motivation by helping you identify, strength/weaknesses, take ownership of progress, and set clear goals, leading to better decision making, continuous learning and more productive performance reviews in your personal and professional lives. It empowers you to actively shape your career, improve skills, and have more meaningful conversations about your development.

2026 should be your year of personal and corporate evaluation.

“Without proper self-evaluation failure is inevitable” (John Wooden).

PERPEND!

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