Therefore Pride

"Therefore pride serves as their necklace; Violence covers them like a garment." (Psalms 73:6 NKJV)

Why won't we turn loose of pride? Why do we hold onto it so tight? Wrapped in fear we cling to our Pride!

Pride stops us from being obedient to God's Commandments! 

Is there anything more important than obedience? No. 

You who believe that you are okay with God; you who say you are a Christian; if you do not obey His Word, you are not following Christ! 

Three times this week while encouraging people to deal with the unforgiveness in their heart and confess their sin; their response/excuse was: "not yet",  "I'm not ready", "maybe tomorrow"!

"And they say, “How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?"” (Psalms 73:11 NKJV)

Is it even a consideration, in their heart, that they are keeping their sins from God; that He doesn't know? 

All are in the midst of storms, because God is trying to get their attention; trying to turn them back from the broad path they are on, to the narrow path. 

"Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors." (Psalms 73:18, 19 NKJV)

To halt that descent, all they have to do is become obedient to what the Word Of God says! 

"Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall." (Proverbs 16:18 NKJV)

The proud do not consider what place "pride" has in God's eyes!

"And He said, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”" (Mark 7:20-23 NKJV)

Look where The Word of God places "Pride"!  Do not think in your heart that "Pride" is the lesser of the sins! "Pride" got the devil thrown out of heaven! He wanted to be like God! 

If you are holding onto pride, instead of humbling yourself to obedience of His Word, you are doing the same thing!

And you who are reading this, do not judge those three, for you are just like them! God is calling you also to let go of your pride; humble yourself in obedience!

I promise you; you will humble yourself or God will humble you! Playing Russian roulette, with God, is very foolish! He's calling you to Him, but you have to come to Him on bended knee!

Repent while there is time!

Become obedient to The Word!

- CHOOSE to forgive the person and the act!  (Matthew 6:14-15)

- REPENT of the unforgiveness and the judgments you have held onto, in your heart!  (Luke 13:3) and (Matthew 7:1-2)

- CONFESS your choice to forgive, to a friend!   (James 5:16)

Empty yourself! Make your list of people you need to forgive. Deal with your stuff! Humble yourself! Don't let that spirit of pride rob you; separate you from God another moment!

Obedience IS true worship!

Become obedient and then you too, will read the following scripture, weep and declare:

"Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." (Psalms 73:25, 26 NKJV)

Even so - MARANATHA! 

From 5/16/14, 6/30/14