For everyone who
exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be
exalted." Luke 14:11
Watch out, Christian brothers and sisters, for the danger of
arrogance, in assuming that you are somebody, indeed! God will never let you
‘high-hat’ somebody else if you are a Christian. He loves you far too much to let
you get away with that. You may ask: “What will the Lord do, then, if I get
arrogant and presumptuous, full of pride over my victories and successes?”
Well, the Lord will remind you of His own example of lowliness and humility, and
He will rebuke and chasten you in His own way. Our Lord Jesus Christ would not
allow any success or temporary honour to lead Him astray. The blessed Lord had
no servants. He arrogantly bossed no one around, though as God, He properly commanded
others. He was the Lord, but He never took the tyrannical attitude toward
anyone. One feels that it is very good spiritual advice that we should never
tie ourselves up to acting according to public opinion. And never consider any
honors we may receive as being due to us because of our superior gifts or
intelligence. That is false pride. In that day of the triumphal entry into
Jerusalem, the crowd acclaimed Him and cried, “Hosanna!” but on
the very next Friday many of the same crowd joined in the shout, “Crucify Him!” Humility is a blessed thing if you can find it.
Early church fathers wrote that if a man feels that he is getting somewhere in
the kingdom of God, that’s pride—and until that dies, he is getting nowhere!
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