I was watching the Perry's podcast today and it just sparked so many things in my mind. I'm a firm believer that pride truly stems from insecurity. Like the people that we call prideful are people that try to do the most on the outside to suffice for what they feel they're lacking on the inside.
But then that tells us that we're relying on our own efforts to accomplish something or to be something that God might not have created us to be, therefore relying on us instead of God, which is where pride stems from.
And I heard the Perry's podcast say this, but pride appeals to your emotions. It feels good to glorify yourself when you feel insecure. It feels good to say all the things that you've accomplished academically when you don't feel like you're very smart. Because really you want people to believe what you don't believe within yourself. And why? Because it's scary to be vulnerable and feel like you're wrong.
It's embarrassing to feel like you don't have it all put together in front of people that usually do. Nobody wants to feel inferior or like they have to depend on somebody to put you in a vulnerable position.
And that is why even outside of what we try to appeal to other people with pride. In the sense of like how we treat people and wanting to glorify ourselves to make us fit this image.
The first problem that God has with pride is that it keeps us away from him. If we got it all put together, why would we need him? And that's the last thing he wants us to be away from us.
Pride was here before Adam and Eve got here. How do you think Satan got kicked out of heaven? So the next time you feel triggered and want to yell and scream and put on this facade and buy this outfit and go to this place to look like a certain way.
Ask yourself, what is lacking in me, Lord, that you only can feel? Pride, even though it might display this on the outside, cannot change what needs to be fixed on the inside.
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Pride have led to the down fall of many believe,not only believers even non-believers this is a challenge that we face through some times in our church , working place and family .but the remedy today is prayer , Lord search my heart any atom of pride in my heart clean and purge me.@Debbyfranker you wrote well thank you