Beware of Pride

      4 In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; 

         in all his thoughts there is no room for God. 

    

      6 He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.” 

         He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.” 

(Psalm 10:4,6 NIV)

One of the most dangerous feelings that a believer can have, and honestly probably what keeps many away from God is pride.  So what is pride?  Pride is defined as: a feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements.  They key in that definition is "derived from one's own achievements.  In our own pride we essentially say, "I've got this, I don't need God, I can handle this".  There is so much me, me, me in that statement that as the psalmist said "in all his thoughts there is no room for God".  Pride can build up and push us to verse 6, pride here turns to arrogance.  "nothing" and "no one", shows pure arrogance in that we can make ourselves seem untouchable.

You could make a whole list of things in your life that could take you down, harm you, harm your family.  There are people stronger, more intelligent, and better equipped than you.  Knowing this, you and I should be able to humble ourselves and seek Him, let His thoughts overwhelm our thoughts, realize that something CAN shake you, and that someone COULD do you harm.  However, God is bigger than anything and everything, smarter than everyone everywhere, and hold the key to both death and life.

Humility does not make us weak, it makes us strong.  Humbleness is NOT a character flaw, it is a relationship building block with you and the Creator.  Never allow anyone anywhere anytime to belittle you because you trust in Jehovah God to take care of you.  

Have a blessed day, Chris