The Barrier of Pride Life is a struggle, but what most people dont realize is that our struggle, like Jacobs in Genesis 32:22-32, is really with God! We want to be God, and theres no way were going to win that struggle, but we try anyway. A.W. Tozer said, The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they havent yet come to the end of themselves. Were still trying to give orders, and interfering with Gods work within us. We arent God, and we never will be. Were humans, and the times when we try to be God are the times we end up most like Satan, who tried to be equal with God, too. We accept our humanity intellectually, but not emotionally. We give mental assent to the idea, but when faced with our own limitations, we react with irritation, anger, and resentment. We want to be taller (or shorter), smarter, stronger, more talented, beautiful, and wealthy. We want to have it all and do it all, and become upset when it doesnt happen. Then, when we notice God gave others characteristics we dont have, we respond with envy, jealousy, and self-pity. C. S. Lewis observed, The more we let God take us over, the more truly ourselves we become - because he made us. He invented all the different people that you and I were intended to be. It is when I turn to Christ, when I give up myself to His personality, that I first begin to have a real personality of my own. - Rick Warren
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 17:00:05 +0000
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