The New Bereans

How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure? Behold, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure in his eyes; how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!” Job 25:4-6

I am becoming more and more aware of the necessity of humility for the believer. In American Christianity we place such emphasis on ability, and education while giving humility mere lip service. But the problem is that education and skill alone produce mountains of pride, and prevent Gods blessing from fully coming.

I remember when I was asked in High School, “Why is pride a sin? What is so wrong with feeling good about yourself?” I was tongue tied! I found it impossible to spit out a good answer at the time, but now I can explain it fairly well. The Bible tells us some things about pride: it goes before destruction 1, God hates it 2, and it keeps us from seeking after God 3.   If a sin is hated by God, leads to destruction, and keeps us from seeking after God, this is pretty damning.  Nothing will ruin your walk faster than pride because it gives you boldness to break all the commandments. The thrusting up of mountains of pride should be a self evident problem for the believer.

But there is another grievous effect of the prideful life, it prevents Gods blessing from fully coming upon us. Paul tells us that God has chosen the foolish things . . . base things . . . things which are despised . . .and the things which are not . . . that no flesh should glory in His presence 4 , Pride restrains Gods hand of blessing for he will share his glory with no one.

Pride bars the door of the vault in which Gods blessings reside; because Humility comes before honor 5.

1. Prov 16:18
2. Prov 6:17
3. Psalm 10 4
4. 1 Cor 1:27-29
5. Pro 15:33