“[When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.” (Pr 11:2 AV)
This is another day wherein the LORD wants us to consider pride. Yesterday, it was prayer. Because of pride, we are reluctant to go to Him in prayer. We want to handle it ourselves or we don’t want to seem helpless. Pride entices us to carry on with God. Independence encourages us that life can be lived without emotional support or affirmation. Pride is a great prayer killer. Above, David mentions another thing that pride can kill. That is wisdom. When we refuse to seek help, we often fall in ignorance. Asking the LORD and others for input, especially when we do not know what we are doing, or entertaining the possibility that we do not know everything, is a manifestation of humility. In order to gain wisdom, we must be humble enough to know that we need it.
We do this all the time. We take on more than we can handle and do not ask for help. It ends in shambles. We make decisions without considering the opinion of others, and it fails. We attempt to accomplish something without asking experts what they think and it doesn’t work out well. Many years ago, I worked on a car that was overheating. I tried a few little things first. Then I decided to try to change the thermostat. I found the thermostat cover and proceeded to unbolt it from the housing. The first bolt came out just fine. However, the second one not too much. I ended up breaking off the head. So, what do I do now? I had to use different techniques. The last resort was to drill out the rusted in bolt. Not knowing what I was doing, I broke off a drill bit, and easy out, and ended up finally drilling all the way through the housing. Not good! The housing was part of something much larger and more important. Having drilled a hole into something that was supposed to be waterproof, I was stuck. Had I enlisted the help of someone who knew a thing or two regarding cars, the repair could have been much easier and less expensive.
Pride makes us to stupid things. Pride keeps us from success. Pride tells us we can handle it and we know what we are doing. Pride has a way of leading us down a road that does not end well. Pride is a horrible thing. Of all the sins which the Bible deals with, pride has to be near the top. Pride is what makes man independent of God. Pride is what keeps us from having a life that the LORD intended for us. Pride ruins. Pride destroys. Pride is the enemy of God’s blessings. Pride will keep us from the LORD and others. Pride needs to be conquered. Pride needs to be abased. Pride needs to be erased from our hearts. It is a hard process. This does not come easy. But come it must.
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