Pride

I have heard it said that pride stinks and the only one that doesn’t smell it is the one who has it.  Read Proverbs 16:18-25, “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. He who heeds the word wisely will find good, and whoever trusts in the Lord, happy is he. The wise in heart will be called prudent, and sweetness of the lips increases learning. Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it. But the correction of fools is folly. The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips. Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones. There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”

Did you ever see anyone that was so confident and so haughty and arrogant that they didn’t think that they ever needed correction because they were so far above all that?  If you threw them a life line, or rope, they would rather dangle over a bridge on a thread rather than to admit that they might be wrong?  Pride comes in different forms, and I think we all have experienced it in one form or another; I know I have and thank the Lord when He has to, He humbles me, and then I need to repent and adjust my way of thinking.  Think of this, Peter and the other disciples had to deal with pride also.

Read Mark 14:26-31, “And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Then Jesus said to them, ‘All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written: I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered. But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee.’ Peter said to Him, ‘Even if all are made to stumble, yet I will not be.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Assuredly, I say to you that today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.’ But he spoke more vehemently, ‘If I have to die with You, I will not deny You!’ And they all said likewise.”

They were all so sure that they would die with Jesus, but what happened?    Peter ended up denying the Lord three times and the others denied Him also by running away.   

                                                                                   

Have you ever desired to help someone you considered a friend and then they got offended, and suddenly they stopped being your friend, basically because their pride may have been wounded?  It really hurts because you care so much.  This is my advice, pray for the person or persons and leave them in the Lord’s hands, He knows what is best in every situation.  

Enough said, may you and yours have a blessed day and don’t forget to thank and praise the Lord for He is worthy!!