God created us in His exact likeness; not only in physical features but also in character. If we maintain obedience to Him, then He can mould us to be like Him. Unfortunately at the Garden of Eden, man was deceived that we could be like God. Since then, we have been pursuing this desire to be like God, living our earthly lives apart from Him. During this time, pride birth in us.
What is pride? Pride is the undue confidence in and attention to one's own skills, accomplishments, state, possessions, or position. It is the opposite of humility, the proper attitude one should possess in relation to God. Pride is rebellion against God because it attributes to oneself the honor and glory due to God alone.
Pride has develop into not only excess baggage to us, but a disgusted asset in our character detest by God. The pride in us has caused God to grow enmity towards us. Unless we shed pride from our character, it's impossible for us to find favor in God's presence.
To discard pride from our character is to acknowledge our weakness to God and confess our total dependence on Him by trusting our lives to Him alone who loves us and gave His life for us at the cross.
Not until we execute that decision to surrender pride, you and I will always be lugging that excess baggage detest by God because pride was never a part of God's true being. And God hated the pride in us.
When we surrender pride and acknowledged our weakness to God, then our journey back into God's heart will be painless, trouble free and effortless; for Jesus Christ our Saviour will be there to carry us home to the heart of our heavenly Father.
To revere God is to hate evil, pride, conceit and deceitful lies. Proverbs 8:13
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