There is a lot of stumbling in life. We fall, we get
back up, and we slowly learn from our mistakes.
Some of us have to go down that road twice. However, with time, we get the
lesson being taught. Pride has its good and bad outcomes. It can make you both
wise and foolish. A wise person uses his pride to show pleasing characteristics.
Honor, morals, respect, and gratitude. But when is pride too much? When it
forces you to do something in the dark that will embarrass you in the light,
it's not worth it. It is a tool that satan will use against you. Pride will cost
many their souls. A dying person will refuse to repent because they feel ashamed
of waiting until the last breath. Pride says, “Don't go to the alter, what will
others think?
For goodness sake, don't lift your hands if asked if you need prayer! Never
leave your Bible where all your friends can see it! What would they say,
"Are you a Bible thumper?" Pride will keep you lying to yourself about having
all the time in the world. We're not promised a tomorrow, we're one heartbeat
away from eternity! For the sake of all who love you, don't let pride destroy
your soul.
When we think of pride we think of someone who is
arrogant, who doesn't need God or anyone else. We visualize someone who thinks
they are better than others. That describes someone who is self-centered.
They can do no wrong or are never wrong, but when you add all
this together, you get a narcissist. Doctors say that a person with a
narcissistic nature cannot be changed, that they are unable to change. They
haven't met God. That prideful man can find himself surrendering his nature for
Gods. That pride can be used to do Gods work with a wonderful outcome.
If you have a loved one who gets angry when you try
talking to them about salvation, don't get mad, get praying. God won't run him
over with a bulldozer to get his attention, however, he is like a headache, he
keeps coming back! Sadly, there are some who's pride in front of man is more
important than their soul. Their heart has become so hardened that God tires of
the battle. Free choice determines a man mindset; it is
or will become set on his soul or his comfort here on earth. It is each persons
choice and one each of us has to make before
we leave this world!
