"Pride and Humility"

Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18

Throughout Proverbs we read about the good development that can happen when someone pursues wisdom. True wisdom is gained through God. And even though a wise person can go through many ups and downs in life, the wisdom they’ve gained will help them to keep things together.

But we can’t “keep things all together” on our own, right? We have to be mindful and watchful of the pride that makes us think that we’ve done this or that on our own. That kind of pride leads to destruction.

Proverbs 16:18 is saying that if you have built something without God, then it’s not built to last. Sooner or later, the so-called majestic life you built without God will simply fall apart.

So, we must humble ourselves. Amen!

Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life.
Proverbs 22:4

The most reliable reward of humbly following God is life itself. When we are humble enough to rely on God’s direction, it is amazing how many pitfalls we avoid. We avoid the problems that pride falsely says we can handle ourselves.

When we are humble, we are amazed how often God helps us steer clear of trouble that we didn’t even see coming. When we are humble and we see or hear of someone’s folly leading to ruin, we learn to say, “There, but for the grace of God, go I.” The bible says in Proverbs 22:3 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. So, in other words; the unwise keep going right into trouble; they don’t allow God to guide them, because they think they know better than God and that they can make it, figure it out on their own.

But we have to commit to the Lord in whatever we do, because He works everything out to its proper end. Amen. So, let’s be HUMBLE and not PRIDEFUL

Pride leads to destruction

The wages of Humility leads to riches(love-peace-joy-patience-self-control), honor and life.

Father God, keep us from the foolish pride that prompts us to build our lives on the successes of this world and help us to humble ourselves and allow you to lead us. In Jesus name. Amen.