Morning with Ebenezer

PRIDE OF LIFE

 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.

1 John 2:15-17 NIV

Pride is a sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect. In other words we can say, pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association. The word pride of life according to Amplified Bible means assurance in one’s own resources or in the stability of earthly things. In one of us there is a sense of pride whether for our achievements or where we belong, what we have and sometimes what we know and where we are know.

If you will ask me, I will tell you, I'm proud to be the son of God and that I have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ. Paul said in 1 Corinthians 1:31,''Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord. Here Paul was referring Jeremiah 9:24 which says; "But let the one who boasts boast about this:that they have the understanding to know me,that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth,for in these I delight,”declares the Lord."

There are some of us who boast for our education, I have seen people changed the way they used to talk and behave soon after they got promoted. Some men were very humble the time they had nothing, they respected their wives and come home early but soon they got a good paid job, the pride came in and they started being bossing instead of being good husbands and fathers. Some ministers used to be very humble, serving the Lord with all of their hearts the time no one knew them, but when they came to be known! Everything changed, they stopped being servants and they turned to be the bosses. 

This morning, God wants you to know pride is the first step toward destruction, and proud thoughts will lead you to fall, Proverbs 16:18. If pride started to grow in you because of some achievements which you attained and forgot that once you had nothing. You need to know that you are on the door of destruction, and if you will continue entertaining  proud thoughts in you, by feeling that you are so important than others, be sure that you will fall soon.

You need to understand life is not all about you. If you love this world which will pass soon, the pride will grow in you like the way rust grows in an iron. You will put your trust in your education, wealth, position at work, family, parents, spouse, friends and forget that the Lord is the one worth to be trusted. Ask the Lord to forgive you for being proud of the things which will soon fed away, and start being proud because He has redeemed you by price, the price of His own blood and that's why you are reading this message today. Shalom.

****Morning Prayer****

Pray this prayer with me by faith and God is going to answer your prayer....

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord I'm asking that You may forgive me for my pride. Help me to be humble and walk in your will, obey your Word and put my trust in You alone. In Jesus' Name, Amen.