Those who are so proud of their own success and their own righteousness, who “thank God that I am not as other men” (Luk.18:11), look down on others and have no mercy, no compassion, no sympathy! But that’s not how God looks at our own righteousness! In His sight, self-righteous pride is the worst sin of all!
Pride comes before a fall and some people really have to go through a lot before they get humbled.–Like King David! He must have had a lot of spiritual pride that had to be humbled, because look what a great hero he was to begin with! Even as a little boy he fought a lion to protect his sheep. Then he killed Goliath, the giant, and all Israel knew what a great hero he was! But apparently he became lifted up in pride and thereby fell into great sin. Worst of all, he became a self-righteous sinner because he covered it up and pretended to be so righteous! Finally the judgements of God fell and he just lost everything! But look what a marvelous change occurred in him when the Lord really humbled his spiritual pride!
Lord, help us to remember we haven’t got anybody’s righteousness except Yours, and You’re the only One Who can give it to us!
(March 11 [#071])
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My name is James Arendt. I was raised in the Hegewisch neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, served in the USAF from 1970 to 1974, and became a full-time missionary for Christ living 40 years in Japan, 3.5 years in Russia, and a few months in other countries such as Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, South Korea, Taiwan and mainland China where I also served the King of Kings, Jesus, as an Ambassador for His Kingdom. My full bio.
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