PRIDE… In the name of love?
During “THE END” sermon series, I recently mentioned that the greatest sin that has crippled nations, destroyed countless marriages and keeps us from becoming the leaders God wants us to be is PRIDE.
C.S. Lewis said:
As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.
I recently read somewhere where a person was doing a “soul-search” and he asked himself 3 questions in effort to expose traces of pride that he maybe didn’t know existed.
1) Am I willing to allow another person to do what I think I MUST do? (This one is for all the CONTROL FREAKS out there, LOL)
2) Am I willing to do what I am doing, even if no one else KNOWS I am doing it?
3) Am I willing to let God use me for a season, and then be okay with Him later putting my work into the hands of another?
YEAH… I thought the same thing you are thinking after reading the questions. These are not your ordinary questions you would ask when thinking about PRIDE. But then again, what is ordinary anyway.
PRIDE is a funny thing because it CAN creep up in areas we never knew existed. So seriously reconsider reading them again and do a little soul searching of your own.
WHICH QUESTION LEAVES YOU THE MOST EXPOSED?
I think #3 could also be a control issue, and I think that is the one most difficult for me. At work, I am a “I’ll just do it myself to make sure it gets done right (which really means “the way I want to do it, which equals control). But then I have to very quickly realize that anything I do is trash anyway unless God blesses it and is part of it. Thanks for making me think about things a little differently this morning!