It is not humility - it is petty pride
“God can never entrust His Kingdom to anyone who has not been broken of pride, for pride is the armor of darkness itself”. - Francis Frangipane
I write these devotionals for you to get a glimpse of how God is working in my life and the things He is refining in me. If you come back and read these postings occasionally you will be living out these refining processes with me in my blogs.
The other day I was listening to a sermon by Johnnie Moore, one of the Liberty campus pastors. During his message he read a verse from Hosea 13.
Hosea 13:6, “When I fed them they were satisfied; when they were satisfied they became proud; and then they forgot me.”
I quickly focused in on “When I fed them they were satisfied; when they were satisfied they became proud; and then they forgot me”. This part of his message was just a stepping stone to where he was going with the message that was not about pride. However, God stopped me and focused me on this verse. I started thinking about this, and the very end in particular “they became proud; and then forgot me”. I thought, man that is me. God has been working on me in this area for quite sometime now, and I knew it had a tendency to be an issue, especially at work. I started thinking of all the different ways I show pride in my occupation and accomplishments and “forget” about God in the process. At work it usually shows up in wanting to be the center of attention, or fighting to make sure I get “ALL” the recognition I think I deserve for certain accomplishments. For those of you who might not know exactly what the Webster dictionary definition of proud is, here it is: Read more
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