Pride

Pride can be a very ugly word.
It's OK to be proud.
To be filled with a sense of joy as you watch your children.
To watch teammates succeed.

But, it's not okay to be filled with pride.

If we are filled with pride we can easily believe that what has been accomplished is actually our doing.
What a foolish thought.
I know that without God I would be lost.
Without His power I would be powerless.
Without the giftings that He brings I would have nothing to offer.

All this came to mind this morning as I read the account of Samson.

Samson is a very sad story.

Every time I read the account I am reminded of how prideful we can become.

And in that pride how destructive it is to our lives.

In Judges 16:20 it says;
"When he woke up, he thought, I will do as before and shake myself free. But he didn't realize the Lord had left him."

Gotta be one of the saddest verses in the Bible.

At one time Samson had been a man of God.

He had been filled with God's power and accomplished some great things.

Somehow he lost it and didn't even know until it was too late!

But that is the exact position that pride can place us in. When we begin to take credit for things we have shut God out. We begin to think that we are making it happen. It's our creativity and hard work.

The truth is that without God we will not make any lasting impression on earth.

With God we can do anything.

Without him, nothing!

We serve a God who does not have limits to what he can do.

Stay close to Him and be filled with His Spirit!

He has an amazing path that He wants to take you down.

Are you going to surrender your will to Him and follow?

Faith over pride = a great life!