Beware of Pride as you go about your journey in life as God increase you.This vice is why we have to make a conscious effort on not shifting our focus away from God and God alone.Once our heart is not gavitating away from God, our hearts will not become proud and when we can begin to see and experience increase in every area of our lives without sharing the glory of the happenings in our lives and this will make us give all the due credit to the Giver;God. Pride is one of the tools of the devil and it subtly leads to destruction .Pride is the root of selfishness; the root of all evil and it is not from God. This made the devil lose his position in heaven Isaiah 14:12-14, and Ezekiel 28:12-18.
Another example of someone that God increased but became proud and had to
be humbled after falling from pride is Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4:29-37:
‘Twelve
months later he was taking a walk on the flat roof of the royal palace in
Babylon. As he looked out across the city, he
said, ‘Look at this great city of Babylon! By my own mighty power, I have built
this beautiful city as my royal residence to display my majestic splendor. ‘While
these words were still in his mouth, a voice called down from heaven, ‘O King
Nebuchadnezzar, this message is for you! You are no longer ruler of this
kingdom. You will be driven from human society.
You will live in the fields with the wild animals, and you will eat grass like
a cow. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn
that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to
anyone he chooses.’
“That
same hour the judgment was fulfilled, and Nebuchadnezzar was driven from human
society. He ate grass like a cow, and he was drenched with the dew of heaven.
He lived this way until his hair was as long as eagles’ feathers and his nails
were like birds’ claws.
Nebuchadnezzar Praises God
“After this time had passed, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to
heaven. My sanity returned, and I praised and worshiped the Most High and
honored the one who lives forever.
His rule is everlasting,
and his kingdom is eternal.
All the people of the earth
are nothing compared to him.
He does as he pleases
among the angels of heaven
and among the people of the earth.
No one can stop him or say to him,
‘What do you mean by doing these things?’
and his kingdom is eternal.
All the people of the earth
are nothing compared to him.
He does as he pleases
among the angels of heaven
and among the people of the earth.
No one can stop him or say to him,
‘What do you mean by doing these things?’
“When
my sanity returned to me, so did my honor and glory and kingdom. My advisers
and nobles sought me out, and I was restored as head of my kingdom, with even
greater honor than before.
“Now
I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his
acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.”
Prov 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
Ezekiel 28:5
by your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.
by your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.
Psalm 62:10
do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
Proverbs 23:5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they
are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and
fly off to the sky like an eagle.
Luke 12:15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your
guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of
possessions.”
All the
earthly things we see and possess are temporal and the things that count for
eternity are eternal.
2
Corinthians 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what
is unseen is eternal.
2 Tim 3:16-17 All
Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make
us realize what is wrong in our be lives.
It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do
every good work.
May all our
focus be on God and God alone and may our lives be equipped for every good work
in Jesus name. Amen
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great new day.
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