THE PRIDE IS NOT OF GOD
ESTHER 7: 5-6
There was no powerful reason for Haman to hate the Jewish people and Mordecai, but his pride and arrogance were so great that as he felt the need to be praised, recognized and revered, he could not accept or endure that the Jewish people and Mordecai did not they prostrate before him. There was so much jealousy and envy from Haman towards Mordecai that he could not hide it. His evil mind plotted a terrible plan to disappear and destroy that people.
More like His Word says, those who trust in Jehovah will not be ashamed and will be like Mount Zion that does not move but remains forever. Everything that Haman planned went wrong. When I seek to be revered, he was humiliated. When I look for the death of others, he got his. He was sentenced and ashamed because you should never build on the ruins of others.
The pride of spirit only leads us down paths of perdition and perversity. But something is certain, in your Christian and secular life, there will always be people who, like Haman, will seek your evil. With your eyes they will try to make you feel inferior. People who think that because they know a little more about a topic, they have already learned everything and try to silence or invalidate your opinions. Others that laugh, make mocking comments or that with their eyes reflect the anger and envy that eats them.
More do not fear beloved brother, you are worth too much to feel inferior! Jesus paid with his own blood for your life. Those who try to humiliate you, those who see that they exalt themselves will pass them by, as the saying goes: "He who like a palm rises like a coconut goes down". Because if there is something that God loves and values, it is humble and sensitive hearts. God delights in those who are obedient and let him rule over him so that he can change their hearts and deposit beautiful things within them.
Whoever claims to be a Christian who serves and loves God from the heart and treats his brother or his fellow men badly. Whoever uses his power to humiliate or who has a higher self-concept than he should have, I tell him that he needs to convert again and go to the potter's altar of reparation for God to do it again.
Because Jehovah tends to the humble more to the lofty looks from afar.
Pride hurts not only those who suffer it but also those around them. Pride deprives us of living a life full of harmony with others and enjoying our loved ones; and worst of all, it does not allow us to approach God. Almost nobody likes to be next to someone who is haughty and considers inferior to others.
Jesus is a very powerful spirit in heaven, and when he lived on Earth, he was a perfect man. However, he has always been humble. God bless you @xiore
What Vashti never understood was that she was the Queen because she was married to a King. She despised her king and stil thought she could have the crown on her head - fallacy.
It is worrisome today that we christians sometimes call ourselves the sons and daughters of God, yet we despise Him in our thoughts and deeds. I pray Good helps us to do away with pride.
...what do we have that was not given to us...?
Thank you for sharing this @xiore
Thank you very much for your message and reflection that feeds our being, it is true that pride is a vanity that apart from being a luxury that some people claim to demonstrate even more bragging, not knowing that they live wrong and helpless of love, faith and humility, besides to get away each day more from the light of God with this procedure.