THE SIN THAT IS HOLDING YOU BACK TODAY

But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. (Matthew 23:12 NLT) One of the things that all of us has to deal with in life is pride. It's a disease that effects community life and families alike. It comes in and raises its head in our personal lives and becomes the barrier to our growth in Jesus and with others. It makes you take offense personally and it causes you to hold on to bitterness and unforgiveness about the past. It feeds sin and keeps God away from touching our lives. The book of Provers tells us that we need to hate pride with a vengeance. It tells us also that pride "goes before our destruction." It is something that God absolutely hates. Either we deal with this issue or we will be humbled by God Himself. (sometimes very publicly). I think that it is interesting that often God brings situations in our lives to keep us humble - failures, sickness, lack of resources, etc. Those gentle prodding's can lead to greater rebuke if we don't heed their warnings in our life. Notice what the Apostle Paul had to say... "even though I have received such wonderful revelations from God. So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud" (2 Corinthians 12:7 NLT). Perhaps, instead of complaining about your "thorn" you should be thankful today that God has allowed it to be there to keep pride back and so that you would live humbly today. My prayer is that you would let go of your pride and humbly let Jesus lead and guide you today.