Devotion:
Read Proverbs 16:18.
It is interesting (and instructive) how often warnings about pride are the subject of the Proverbs. This verse probably sums up all of them the best. When we let pride take a dominant place in our mind and spirit, we start seeing other people and treating other people in ways that are not of God.
Let’s be clear: having a certain level of pride about who you are, your family and heritage can be good. It inspires you to pay attention to how you live your life each day and to set a good example for others.
However, it is so easy to “cross the line” into the kind of pride that looks down on other people and doesn’t acknowledge our own faults. We become less open (if at all) to listening to and learning from other people. We can get to thinking that our opinions and beliefs are the only ones that should be considered.
You can be sure that “living the way of Jesus Christ” includes being open to the leading of the Holy Spirit, who has something to teach all of us every day.
Personal Worship Option:
Consider this prayer: Lord, make me aware of any part of my life where I have let pride block me from changing to be the person you can create me to be. Through Christ, Amen.
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