Did He Say That?

1Thessalonians 2: 13 And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

Imagine having the confidence in your faith to write what St. Paul wrote here. In essence he was saying that the word thy heard from him had been accepted as the word of God, which he says it really is. Wow!!! I mean when people compliment my sermon I often say God is good, to acknowledge that God was the source, but I would be troubled to say that my words were really the word of God. Perhaps I am meant to have such confidence and boldness as I respond to the Holy Spirit, but it feels both over the top and exaggerated. What does God desire of a spirit filled Christian? Are we doing a disservice to God with our humility? Does this false humility keep us quiet in noisy circumstance? Perhaps boldness in some circumstances is more desirable than humility. The world would hear more with boldness than humility, the revelation of the gospel would perhaps be heard far more often with boldness than humility. What do you think God most desires of us?