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I am passionate about writing and often find that speaking is difficult when trying to get my point across. With writing, it’s easier for me to convey what I feel, but there are still challenges as I’m not perfect. I want to write about the Word and what God calls us to do and be in an uplifting and meaningful way. However, as I do not claim an elite theologian title, I am positive that I am inaccurate or confused about things sometimes. If you ever see anything I write and want to correct me, please fill out the form below so I can convey Truth to all who see it.
Pride
The antidote for pride is humility. Let us seek humility in every chance we can get.
I’m going to be completely candid, I’ve been struggling with pride recently. I truly hate to admit it, and I lay it at the feet of Jesus. It’s scary because I catch myself in these thoughts and actions, and it feels like I have no control over them. I have felt blameless, which I know is not rooted in truth, and I’ve felt superior - also not rooted in truth. I have overcompensated on the knowledge that I am a daughter of the Most High God, took my princess crown, and ran with it. Instead of theology, I’ve been more focused on me-ology, and I need to constantly remind myself that there would be no me without Him.
The sanctification journey God has taken me on has transformed my life in profound ways. I now see other people falling into sins that I used to struggle with, which makes me feel like I’m doing it all right. I should feel more grateful that the Lord has brought me this far and make myself compassionate and helpful to a brother or sister experiencing things I once went through. “Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.” – Romans 12:16. I ask that God make our hearts so grateful and so compassionate that there is no room for anything else.
C.S. Lewis described pride as the great sin. Pride is the reason sin exists if you think about it. The devil wanted to be God so badly that he was thrown out of Heaven. From there, he tempted Eve and Adam in the garden - thus creating the fall of man. “Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.” – Ezekiel 28:17. Pridefulness is not from God; the devil coined it, and we want nothing to do with that gross little liar. “When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.” – Proverbs 11:2. It truly is disgraceful to be prideful, and I pray for all of us to have humble hearts.
The instructions for how to move forward and away from pride are naturally found in the living Word. “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” – Philippians 2:3. Rank everybody else’s needs above our own. View the lives of others as more valuable than our own. Let’s let the Lord search the intentions of our hearts and convict us of the things we do from a place of selfishness. “‘Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.’ For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.” – 2 Corinthians 10:17-18. If we must boast, let us boast of how amazing our God is.
The truth is, this sin is very embarrassing to admit to. It comes from an extremely delusional place because, by most standards, I do not regard myself as doing all that well in my life. I am incredibly thankful that the best thing I have is my faith and that sin is detrimental, but the Lord is faithful and just: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” – 1 John 1:9. By God’s faithfulness and justice, He cleanses us from sin and forgives us.
