LOWER YOUR SHOULDER

December 21, 2014

One of the most natural instincts of a man is pride. When a person is still struggling and trying to make ends meet, he/she becomes so meek and respectful, but the moment he/she gets some little coins, it takes the grace of God for that same person to maintain that attitude of respect. A Yoruba parlance says, “Until you have money, you haven’t really shown your own real behavior.” Humans are so funny that the moment their status changes a bit, their shoulder gets lifted as well. Most of us have forgotten that pride begets fall.

Moses went to Pharaoh to demand the release of the children of Israel to go and worship the Lord, he answered in Exo 5:2, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.” When the Lord of host was done with him, he became a forgotten entity. Jer 50:31-32 says, “Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.”

I urge you, no matter what you have or the height you have gotten to, please be humble, because God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. I was amazed when I saw RCCG General Overseer, bending while shaking hands with his subordinates. So many believers with few ten millions find it hard to even greet their subordinates talkless their superiors. Prov 21:4 says, “An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.” “Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.” (Prov 16:5)

Repent and restitute today, tomorrow might be too late.

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