DAY 9 BEWARE THE YEAST OF THE PHARISEES Golden text: “Then Jesus left the Pharisees and went in the boat to the other side of the lake. His followers had only one loaf of bread with them in the boat; they had forgotten to bring more. Jesus warned them, ‘Be careful! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.’ His followers discussed the meaning of this, saying, ‘He said this because we have no bread.’” (Mark 8:13-16 NCV) In the Bible, yeast is often a metaphor for pride and arrogance. Why? When you put yeast in dough, what does it do? It puffs it up, and if you put in too much, it blows it up. When you’re cooking, you don’t need a lot of yeast. If you’re making bread, you don’t pour a cup of yeast in. You just need a little pinch. Just like yeast, you don’t have to have a lot of pride for it to take over quickly and get you in all kinds of problems. We all do this. When you’re filled with pride, you blow things out of proportion. All of a sudden, little things get you really upset. Whenever that happens, you know you’re dealing with pride. Wherever you find conflict anywhere in the world, pride is always involved. When you’re filled with pride, when you have the yeast of the Pharisees, guess what? You can’t see life clearly. When you are prideful, you can’t see what God is doing in your life. When you’re filled with pride, you find it difficult to get along with people and your achievements start filling your head. If God answers your prayer, only give thanks to Him and stop filling that it’s because of your behavior. What do we have that we do not receive? Pride doesn’t need to be much before it covers you. God wants you to beware the “yeast of the Pharisees” so that you can more closely follow him and understand how he is working a miracle in your life. PRAYER POINT Father, please tear down every garment of pride in my life in Jesus name. Father, please cloth me with the garment of humility in Jesus name.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 08:45:19 +0000
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