This is PRIDE...!

Ezekiel 28:14-17 NKJV

“You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you; You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones. You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, Till iniquity was found in you. “By the abundance of your trading You became filled with violence within, And you sinned; Therefore I cast you as a profane thing Out of the mountain of God; And I destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the fiery stones. “Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, That they might gaze at you.

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† Shalom †......! Day #352. Do you know that when you rely upon your "beauty", therefore in your pride,  your heart is lifted up and you are already preparing your fall? Let's pray. Father,  forgive us for our pride. Lord, we humble ourselves and we repent. Deliver ur from our prideful heart. Break us and make us anew. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

God despises pride. We cannot stand before God with the pride in us. Be it in serving or worshipping, we must humble ourselves before the Lord. For example, to be in a worship team, if God did not call us, no matter how hard you try, you will always be unsatisfied with what you do because you rely on your own "beauty." You think without you, the whole ministry will fall. This is pride. If you are under a leadership, you are basically serving God under a person's vision. If you aren't able to serve the vision, therefore you aren't fit for the vision. Why you aren't able to serve ...it's simple.. because of pride, disobedience and stubbornness, because you aren't willing to humble yourself to be under a leadership and to be lead by the person God has entrusted and you may even think "who is he/she to lead me or advice me or teach me, when he/she itself not perfect." Does this phrase rings a bell?

We have begun a good work in the Spirit. Everything we do was perfect in the Lord. We were even anointed by God to do great and mighty things yet, we have sinned against the Lord. We may not have committed adultery, or steal, or covet another man's wife and so on, but unknowingly pride has crept into our heart and the pride is preparing us to fall. Our heart was lifted up because of our beauty (our talents, our abilities etc); We corrupted our wisdom for the sake of our splendor. Repent therefore before it's too late, before we fall tremendously.

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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In His Majestic service,

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