After I finished writing last week’s blog post (about how humility and nobility are related), I realized that I had only begun to scratch the surface of the subject; so I took some time this past week to dig deeper, and I’d like to share with you what I have found.
The most poignant statement I have ever heard about pride it this; pride is an attitude of independence from God.
Think about that for a minute.
When I am prideful, I am saying, “I can do this; I don’t need help,” or more accurately, “I don’t need God, and I don’t need the people He sends to help me.”
When I have this attitude, I miss out on His best for me. I lose opportunities to become more like Him, and I lose opportunities to show others who He is.
I sincerely believe that pride is a cancer to the soul. It steals life and sucks joy, because it keeps me from having the kind of relationships with God and the people around me that He intended. It brings stress and leaves behind strife, because I try to manage everything by myself when I really can’t. God will provide for all my needs if I let Him; I starve myself when I refuse it.
If I want God’s best for me, I need to surrender to Him and give Him all of myself, because He can only carry for me what I give over to Him. When I give Him my sin, He forgives it. When I give Him my worries, He gives me peace. When I give Him my hand, He pulls me into His arms. When I give Him my heart, He fixes it and makes it like His.
I believe that humility, in its rawest form, is an attitude of dependence on God. I know this idea is incredibly counter-cultural in the society we live in; but is it how Jesus lived, and He is the ultimate example of humility.
Proclaiming His Goodness 
Beautiful.
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That is perfectly right, Becky. I think this has been the hardest lesson for me. It wasn’t until Marcus’ dad died that I realized how incapable I am of managing my life. The verse he gave me almost immediately was the one stating that he will care for the widows and the fatherless. I leaned heavily on this and learned to trust in His provision. Not to say I stayed there, no I have to keep being reminded of this lesson, but it’s like a mother giving a child “the eye”. It’s a feeling of being out of step with Him, and then I realize I’m leaning too much on my own abilities again.
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