Monday December 07th, 2020
Memorize: Luke 14:11 New Living Translations (NLT)
« For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. »
Read: Luke 14:7-11 Good News Translations (GNT)
7 Jesus noticed how some of the guests were choosing the best places, so he told this parable to all of them:
8 “When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place. It could happen that someone more important than you has been invited,
9 and your host, who invited both of you, would have to come and say to you, ‘Let him have this place.’ Then you would be embarrassed and have to sit in the lowest place.
10 Instead, when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that your host will come to you and say, ‘Come on up, my friend, to a better place.’ This will bring you honor in the presence of all the other guests.
11 For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great.”
Message
Every human being has the tendency to be proud.
We see our possessions as leverage for us to feel better than others who are less privileged.
Beware of pride; God hates it.
Indeed, He said in 1 Peter 5:5 that He resists the proud.
One thing about pride is that even though it makes the proud feel he is better than others, it actually makes him less than they are, as seen in today’s memory verse.
Generally, a humble fellow gains more respect and honor, but people tend to ridicule the proud.
If even we humans don’t like proud people, how much more God.
Wear humility like a garment, pride is a destroyer.
It destroyed King Saul: in a bid to protect his ego, he sinned against God. 2 Chronicles 26:1-21 tells us about King Uzziah. When he was young, he did the will of God, but later became proud and died a leper.
What do you have that makes you feel you are above others? You need to recognize that God can take it away in an instant.
Psalm75:6-7 GWT says:
« 6 The authority to reward someone does not come from the east,
from the west, or even from the wilderness. 7 God alone is the judge.
He punishes one person and rewards another. »
God dethroned a proud Vashti to raise a humble Esther as queen in her stead (Esther 1:1-22, 2).
King Herod in Acts 12:22-23 was destroyed because of pride.
He never uttered a word in that instance; his pride was in the heart.
He heard the people praising him, but did not stop them.
God does not share His glory with anyone.
If you are beginning to feel like several things or people cannot do well without you, then He will show you that you are nothing.
So when you hear anyone praising you, immediately ask them to stop before it annoys God.
Remain humble, otherwise destruction is coming.
Proverbs 16:18GNT says:
« Pride leads to destruction, and arrogance to downfall. »
Key point: You cannot do anything without the grace of God. However, He only gives His grace to humble people. Are you humble?
Author: Pst E. A. Adeboye.
Text edited by Naomie
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