Proverbs 11:2
"We have met the enemy, and he is us!" (Pogo--old comic strip)
Every day we face our toughest opponent. He/she is waiting for us when we wake up in the morning and does not relent until we go back to sleep at night. Our toughest opponent is not the devil. The devil could take a vacation and we'd still have problems. Our toughest opponent is ourselves.
With a little success comes a lot of pride. It's amazing how quickly it can happen. We pray for success, and when God grants it, suddenly we get the notion that we did it on our own. With head swollen and shoulders thrown back we puff out our chest and exclaim, "Look at me world!! I have arrived!!"
What happens next? We fall apart. Pride will always lead us to disgrace. It's inevitable. After all, God says in the book of James that He opposes the proud. When we walk in pride, God becomes our adversary.
To humble is to be teachable. When we are teachable we grow in wisdom. Let's admit today that we don't know it all and that we cannot make it on our own. When that is our attitude, God can do great things in us and through us.
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