ARROGANCE AND PRIDE A senior devil urges his young protégé to divert a Christian’s thoughts away from God in a believer and focus instead on the faults of the people around at church. During a Sunday service, I found myself distracted and somewhat annoyed by a person near him who sang loudly off key and was out of sync during the unison readings. But when we bowed heads for a time of silent prayer, it struck me that the Lord must surely be more pleased with that other person’s heart than with the judgmental feelings I saw in mine. A few days later I happened to read Proverbs 8 and was struck by verse 13: “Pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate.” Throughout this chapter, wisdom calls to us to gain an understanding heart and to find life and obtain favor from the Lord. The alternative is to go through life with a superior attitude while dying inside in the process. Pride is a sword that wounds the person who uses it along with those against whom it is used. Arrogance robs us of all God longs to give us, but “by humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life”. Oh, just a bit of Thy meekness, my Savior, To be the least when of self I would boast; Finding my glory and strength in Thy favor, Know in my weakness Thy grace can do most. Pride brings shame. Humility brings wisdom. Good morning.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 07:41:05 +0000
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