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PRIDE- 2

Text: Proverbs 16:18. 

Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

 *Wherever and whenever you sight pride, just know for sure that destruction is not far away.* 

We saw how Lucifer was cut down to the earth after the mention of his five  "I's" in the book of Isaiah 14:13-14. In the same vein, many have exhausted God's grace upon their lives through excessive attention on themselves(Pride). The number- five (5) symbolises GRACE, the moment a man focuses on himself, he simply exhausts all of God's grace upon his life. 

A proud man is a man that's lacking in God's grace. No matter the seeming prosperity or anointing such man possesses, it's just a matter of time, such prosperity or anointing will fizzle away.

While a proud man is lacking in God's grace, a humble man abounds in grace and dwells under the mighty hand of God, and he shall be exalted in due season. (1 Peter 5:5).

The second indicator of pride in one's life is self-exaltation. All the "I's" of the devil are centered around self- exaltation. He wants to exalt his throne above the stars of God,  he wants to ascend above the heights of clouds.
While it is not a bad idea for God's children to aspire for greater heights in life and ministry, one needs to be very careful of self-exaltation. This is the spirit of pride that gives a man the desire to be better than his brethren. 

God hasn't called you to be better than your brother or to outshine your brother; but to outdo and outshine your very self. You must seek to be a better YOU and outdo YOU. You are not called into rivalry, that's what often lead to self-exaltation.

Our Lord Jesus Christ gave a way out of this desire for self-exaltation by simply saying that whoever desires to become great among His disciples, must be the servant of others. And whoever desires to be first among the rest, must be their slave. (Matthew 20:26-27).

This is not a call to mediocrity, but a cure for man's selfish and self-exaltation diseases in the soul.

May the Lord grants you deeper understanding to undo every desire for self-exaltation in your life.

*Bible reading:* 

Matthew 20:20-28.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1. Father God, help me to always focus on you alone in Jesus name.

2. Father God, help me to refrain from the spirit self-exaltation.

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