Once again, as I read this morning, is the example of pride entering into the hearts of the people and begin walking in wickedness, rejecting the warning to walk uprightly before God. It is the result of the richness of their blessing and seeing themselves as “smarter” than their leaders or even God. I wrote down a question: How do I keep pride from my life? to ponder as I read. I really don’t see myself as smarter than my leaders or God. I know that I get impatient with answers, which could be the beginning of walking that path. And the richness of my blessings, I know come from God. So I was having a hard time feeling like a was getting a real, workable answer to that question. I continued to read and wrote down these words—“blessings (riches) become way to measure worth”.
Aha!
I do that all the time. Kind of in reverse, though. I let the lack of blessings, that I think should be happening, make me sad and question my worth in God’s eyes.
Wow…that seems pretty prideful to me—definitely have a workable answer there! And real work to do.
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