All of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. —1 Peter 5:5
Humility and pride. They are light and darkness, life and death. That is why we must choose to be ruled not by ourselves—never by ourselves—but by the One who has our “life-breath in his hand” (Dan. 5:23), the One apart from whom we could not survive the next five seconds.
This is a pride-killing truth to those who truly want to live. A humility-inducing truth to those who truly want to learn. And a life-giving truth to those who truly want to be free. But what if we choose wrongly? We have already seen that pride can blind us to the truth. So, what happens when we finally open our eyes and realize we have allowed our pride to hold us captive and lead us toward destruction? Because of the mercy of God, repentance is still a choice we can make.
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Heaven Rules: Take courage. Take comfort. Our God is in control. ©2022 Revived Hearts Foundation
Scripture taken from The CSB
Make it Personal
Pray that God would open your eyes to any areas of your heart where you’ve allowed pride to rule.