Proverbs 16:18-19
“Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.”
I have never seen a more vivid example of bruised pride than at a wedding ceremony I performed several years ago. It was an outdoor wedding located on a small farm with livestock almost outnumbering the invited guests.
Folding chairs had been lined up and the wedding party was all in place except the groom. He had planned to gallop his horse around the house and pull to a stop near his awaiting fiancé and the wedding party.
At the appropriate time he rounded the house like some wild west cowboy, complete with dressy western outfit and Stetson hat. About twenty feet from his intended stop, his horse suddenly screeched to a stop, but he didn’t. He landed in a heap. Evidently a fence had been removed, but the horse was still used to it being there. The visitors enjoyed his fall far more than he did. It was hard for me to officiate with the straight face, but I did.
Pride is a terrible thing to allow in our life. It causes us to separate ourselves from those around us as well from the Lord. Rather than humbly bowing before the Lord to ask Him for strength and guidance, the proud person tried to do it in his own power and like my cowboy groom, a fall is inevitable.
Proverbs 3:5-7 is a passage that gives us direction to overcome pride of life: “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and depart from evil.”
Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!
– – – Pastor Cecil
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