June 16, 2013
The
story is told of two ducks and a frog that lived happily together in a farm
pond. The best of friends, the three would amuse themselves and play together
in their waterhole. When the hot summer days came, however, the pond began to
dry up, and soon it was evident they would have to move.
This
was no problem for the ducks, who could easily fly to another pond. But the
frog was stuck. So it was decided that they would put a stick in the bill of
each duck that the frog could hang onto with his mouth as they flew to another
pond. The plan worked well--so well, in fact, that as they were flying along a
farmer looked up in admiration and mused, "Well, isn't that a clever idea!
I wonder who thought of it?"
The
frog said, "I did..." You can conclude the story
yourself. He fell down and died. Pride is esteeming one’s self above other
people. Do you think that because you have achieved certain things or have
certain things that you’re better than somebody else?
Pride
is an attitude of independence from God. Pride turned Lucifer, the son of
morning, to Satan, the father of night. There has never been an argument, a
war, a divorce, nor was a church split that pride not the major factor.
Proverbs 13:10 says, “Only by pride cometh contention . . ."
and Proverbs 28:25 says, “He that is of a proud heart stirreth up
strife . . ."
Who
is a proud person? A proud person will not accept responsibility for mistakes
and becomes irritated when corrected for mistakes. A proud person sees
himself as the biggest and the best. James 4:6 says that God resists the proud
but gives grace to the humble.
Christ
is not proud despite His powers. So, what do you have that’s puffing you up. Don’t
forget that “Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit
before a fall." I pray that every spirit of pride inside of us melt
away in Jesus Name. Amen!
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