Proverbs 16:18 (NKJV) 18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Pride is something we all wrestle with in one way or another.
Some types of pride can be easy to spot. But other types can be more subtle and harder to pinpoint.
Either way, contrary to what the world teaches us, pride isn’t good and can destroy us if we don’t recognize it and deal with it.
This isn’t meant to beat anyone down for being prideful. Like we already mentioned, we all wrestle with it to some degree at some point in our lives.
But sometimes we need a gentle reminder to cause us to check ourselves and see where we’re really at.
Pride is sneaky and can creep up on us without us really seeing it for what it is until it’s too late. And sometimes we do see it, but don’t think it’s a big deal.
But it is a big deal! No matter how small it may seem, we need to see it and take care of it.
Pride really does lead to destruction. We’ve seen it and we’ve experienced it firsthand.
Sincerely, genuinely ask God to show us where pride might be rooted in us. And then ask Him to uproot it and get rid of it.
We might not like how it feels at first, but letting God take it voluntarily hurts a lot less than letting it stay and then destroying us sometime down the road.
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