DAILY DEVOTION No 41

A PROUD HEART

2 Chronicles 26:3-21 

A proud person doesn’t want to admit: a) there is a need for change, or; b) they have a problem with pride.

Notice in the above passage that while King Uzziah sought the Lord, God helped him and caused him to prosper. His downfall is seen in verse 16 – “But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.”

Here is a checklist for people with a pride problem:

i)                     They have an opinion about everything

ii)                   They are judgemental

iii)                  They cannot be corrected

iv)                  They rebel against authority

v)                    They take the glory and credit to themselves

Many leaders can have a spirit of pride to contend with. We must have enough humility to know 

we are not right about everything and then take correction. There is no room for pride in the 

Kingdom of God. The Lord wants us to walk humbly before Him, especially if we are to do anything 

significant for Him.

The pride that God hated to see in Lucifer is the very thing He hates in us – Isaiah 14:12-15.

Listen what the Scriptures say about pride:

Prov. 13:10 (a) - “By pride comes nothing but strife……”

Prov. 16:18 – “Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall”

Ps. 101:5 – “He who has a proud heart, God will not tolerate.”

Pr 8:13 - “The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.”

Micah 6:8 - He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you

But to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

Prayer

Lord, help me to do away with any pride in my life. Help me to recognise that it is only by your grace and strength that I can achieve anything for Your Kingdom.