I think it was Shakespeare who said something
to the effect that this world is a stage and the
people on it are the actors. There seems to be
a lot of truth in that thought.
Consider, how many men do you know that
"strut", or women who "prance" across the
stage of life?
Thankfully that is not true of everyone. But
we all have a element of "pride" in us. It is part
of our human nature. Most of us try to hid it to
some degree. But all pride runs country to God's
will for us.
If I checked properly there are at least 25 times
in the Scriptures that admonish us to humble
ourselves.
But there is a day coming that ALL human
pride is going to be humbled. It is the day
when Jesus Christ returns, Then those who
have rejected Christ from their lives will try
to hid from the wrath of God that is coming
on them.
"So now they will be humbled,
and all will be brought low -
do not forgive them.
Crawl into caves in the rocks.
Hide in the dust
from the terror of the LORD
and the glory of his majesty.
Human pride will be brought down,
and human arrogance will be
humbled.
Only the LORD will be exalted
on that day of judgment."
(Isaiah 2:9 - 11 NLT)
I prefer to humble myself before God
now when I can do it of my own free will.
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