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Tuesday... It can really bring us down.


Proverbs 29:23 (AMP), "A man's pride and sense of self-importance will bring him down, but he who has a humble spirit will obtain honor." 

Tuesday... It can really bring us down.

Solomon writes some practical truth that we need to live by. In Proverbs 29:23 in the Amplified Bible translation he says, "A man's pride and sense of self-importance will bring him down, but he who has a humble spirit will obtain honor."  And that is so true.


Oh it may bring us up in our own eyes but in others it definitely will bring us down. I have found this to be so true in my own life. 

Now, we do need confidence and lacking self-confidence doesn't mean we are humble. True confidence can come about in us if we are humble, if we have a dependence upon God. Taking the credit is where the problem comes out. Believing that our success comes from us not from God.

Proverbs 15:33 in The Message says, "Fear-of-God is a school in skilled living - first you learn humility, then you experience glory." Now the Amplified Bible explains what the fear of God means. It says, "The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] is the instruction for wisdom [its starting point and its essence.]" And it then says, "And before honor comes humility."

In the NT, James in 4:10 (NLT) says, "Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will lift you up in honor." And back to Proverbs 29:23 in the New Living Translation, "Pride ends in humiliation, while humility brings honor." And both of those are God's doing. 

Yes, pride can really bring us down. Now in the beginning it seems that pride works but in time it will bring us down. So "Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will lift you up in honor." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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