What is pride?
I have this imagination of me standing on a block of brick.
To me pride is about how good you feel about yourselves, it can also be social status that make you feel good, it can be something that people don't have and you have it that cause a sense of superiority.
Imagine this the block of brick that build up even higher that is pride. Imagine the block of bricks as things that make you feel good.
However there 2 type of pride
1) pride that is knowing who are you in God
2) pride that come from measuring yourselves with people.
Imagine this negative pride as I stand higher and higher, I might not even realize how ugly is my sins, I might not even realize people who are in need of bricks. Sometime we also fail to realize that we are a sinner end up not being teachable or helpful to people. Sometime we feel that we know God more than other people.
Well pride blinds, because as we go up higher and higher we fail to realize the foundation things. Just like the block of bricks that I am standing and forgot what is below. Remember the day you strip off your pride and receive Chirst? Remember the day when you are still a young believer and how God feed you?
The story of the Pharisee remind us of those proud sinner.
In Luke 7: 36 - 50 talk about the woman who began to wet His feet with tears
See the different?
Is so important to pull down pride and be a humble so that we can see the light, so that we can let Christ seated on the throne not us! . In Matthew 23:12 also Romans 12:3 talk about being humble.
So let us try to pull down things that are against God =) Also let us change out attitude with the help of the holy spirit, let us always be reminded that Jesus even washed disciples' feet. We should also follow the way of God=) Knowing how ugly we are and we are made beautiful by His blood. So let us also hide behind the cross so that people can see Christ not us. It going to be a tough fight against our sinful nature=) Try our best, even we fail don't worry, as long as we realize it and willing to change God will help=)
