We all know how proud we feel when we are praised, or some project we take part in succeeds. It is the simplest of sins. Murder, theft or inappropriate sexual habits may be easy to see to label and condemn, but pride is the one that condemns us all. Pride strikes to the heart and we do not see it.
Jesus was anti pride and pro humility, in fact he was humility incarnate.
Paul writes of his attitude although He existed in the form of God, he did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, and being made in the likeness of men.…
Our Lord washed the feet of his disciples, is washes our feet.
Repeatedly the Gospels record Jesus encouraging us to be humble. In Luke 14:1,7-14 we are encouraged not to take the place of honour, but to take the lowest positions.
If we are to convert the world, fix our society you and I must be humble. Trusting God and his will, not our ability. We must encourage others by our good example. I pray that I can put aside my vanity and pride and be more humble.
I pray that our leaders can put aside their arrogance and be more Christ like. Realising that your cannot resolve a violent situation with ever more violence. We must encourage justice, as without justice there is no peace.
