Wow – so the premise today is that we can allow the enemy a measure of control in our lives when we indulge in pride and sin… I’m picturing a big door marked Pride (maybe in graffiti), and even though we know better, sometimes we open it wide and let in whatever gremlins are lurking outside.
Why is pride such a big deal? As I think about it, pride is the thing inside me that says, I know better. What else does it say? I deserve something; I can get away with something; the rules are for everyone else. Everything pride has to say stands up to God in a very ugly way.
Pride, after all, was the thing that sent Satan spiraling out of the heavens, right?
All throughout the Bible, we read about the quality of humility. We see humility lived out in the person of Jesus. Proverbs tells us that the fear of the Lord (humility) is the beginning of wisdom, which is the understanding of how the world works, and how to succeed within it.
Neil ends with this: To whichever source you yield, by that source you shall be filled or controlled.
I have a tendency toward pride; I would love to be farther along in defeating it, but here I am. Seeing it, turning it off, and embracing humility, as many times a day as it takes, is the way to be filled with the Holy Spirit. That’s my plan for today.
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