PRIDE “This is the one I esteem: He who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.” (Isaiah 66:2) Pride: self-aggrandizing, arrogant, or disdainful conduct or treatment; haughtiness. Pride is one of God’s least favorite characteristics of human beings. He loves the humble, but talks strongly against the prideful. Pride typically leads to disaster , but humility leads to blessings. If you are prideful, you need to change your attitude and humble yourself before the Lord and before others, just as Jesus Christ humbled Himself for all humanity. God “detests” the prideful and promises that there will be a day when all people who are proud will be humbled. If you have a prideful heart, you cannot hide it from God; the Lord judges our inmost thoughts. And His judgment can be harsh. Pride often leads to the destruction and the downfall of the individual. God does not tolerate pride, and a prideful heart distances us from God. The antidote for pride is humility. God holds in high regard, people who are humble. This is not surprising, since humility is a cardinal feature of the personality of Jesus Christ. Jesus humbled Himself for all human beings when, although He was equal to God, He came to earth and lived as a servant and died for our sins. The Bible encourages us to adopt the same attitude of humility as shown by the actions of Jesus Christ. As Christians, we are commanded to “clothe ourselves in humility” toward one another, and never think of ourselves as being better than anyone else. In fact, we are to honor others more than we honor ourselves, and consider others to be better than ourselves. God holds in high esteem those who are humble and have a contrite spirit. In the end, it is humility and fear of the Lord that bring wealth and honor and life. It is the meek who will inherit the land and enjoy great peace.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:53:16 +0000
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