Day 79: 1 Peter 4-5
Today’s reading comes from 1 Peter 4-5 follow the link provided here to read the ESV online. You can get a copy of the New in 90 reading schedule here.
1 Peter 5:5
You think we would all know by now that pride isn’t the road best suited for those who will follow Christ. Yet we see many men and women who claim his name traveling that road too often. I confess that if present no other place than in the secret chambers of my heart that I too have often faced my own struggles with this wretched beast.
Pride takes a great work of God and calls it a great work of man. Pride even hampers the movement of God by presuming to lead in such a way as the work of the Holy Spirit seems unnecessary.
Without doubt, both the man and the woman were given dominion over all creation and there is a sense with which we should act with competence. But our competence is mirror the glory of God, pride is an attempt to usurp it. Hence when Satan fell from heaven, it was pride and when Adam and Eve ate from the one tree in all creation that they didn’t have dominion over… it was pride that caused our fall as well.
Humility reflects the sovereign rule and reign of God over everything and those of us who have been saved from our sins should be the humblest of all.
What did you take away from today’s passage? What are your thoughts?
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