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Sunday
July 21, 2013
Arrogance And Pride
Read: Proverbs 8:12-21
Pride and arrogance and the
evil way and the perverse mouth I hate. —Proverbs 8:13
In ‘The
Screwtape Letters’ written by C. S. Lewis, a senior devil urges his
young protégé to divert a Christian’s thoughts away from
God and focus instead on the faults of the people around him at church.
During a Sunday service, I
found myself distracted and somewhat annoyed by a person near me who sang
loudly off key and was out of sync during the unison readings. But when we
bowed our heads for a time of silent prayer, it struck me that the Lord must
surely be more pleased with that other person’s
heart than with the judgmental feelings He saw in mine.
A few days later I happened
to read Proverbs 8 and was struck by verse 13: “Pride
and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate.”
Throughout this chapter, wisdom calls to us to gain an understanding heart
(v.5) and to find life and obtain favor from the Lord (v.35). The alternative
is to go through life with a superior attitude while dying inside in the
process (v.36).
Pride is a sword that wounds
the person who uses it along with those against whom it is used. Arrogance robs
us of all God longs to give us, but “by humility and the
fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life”
(22:4). —David McCasland
Oh, just a bit of Thy
meekness, my Savior,
To be the least when of self
I would boast;
Finding my glory and strength
in Thy favor,
Know in my weakness Thy grace
can do most. —Bosch
Pride brings shame. Humility
brings wisdom.
Goodmorning & Please goto
church today
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