Psalm 131:1

"My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me."

Our position in life is that of humility.  Our hearts are not proud but instead laid low.  Conversely, our eyes are not haughty.  We do not look down on others but instead we lift them up and consider them better than ourselves.  But how often does our pride cause us to interfere and stick our noses in places they don't belong?

In a sense, robbing someone else of their privacy is an act of dominance and of pride.  A mother snooping in the affairs of her teenage daughter's room asserts her higher position, whether rightly or wrongly.  When you personally see to it that all of your brothers and sisters in Christ are being kept "accountable", you also act in pride.  With your actions you say, "They will sin if I am not keeping them in line.  They cannot be trusted."  When you assert yourself in places which do not concern you, you show your eyes to be haughty and your heart proud.

In the same way, there are some mysteries not meant to be understood, but just simply accepted and marveled.  The pride for knowledge is a dangerous game, for the more wise (and I mean in a worldly sense) one becomes, the more the foolish things will be used to shame them.  But true wisdom begins with the fear of the LORD.

Proverbs 12:1

"Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid."


The hardest sin to correct is in fact pride.  A prideful man hates to be criticized.  A prideful man does not believe what others say to him nor will he allow himself to be humbled by those he deems "inferior" as if their status could negate the truth.  A prideful man is a foolish man who believes he is beyond reproach.  Moreover, pride is subversive.  A prideful man does not know he is prideful, nor can you tell him.  Can you see why God cannot tolerate a haughty spirit?  It is because they blaspheme the Holy Spirit else they would turn an be forgiven, and mark my words no man has ever been forgiven by God without first turning in humble repentance.

But to those who love discipline have been given the keys to the kingdom of heaven.  Because they have humbled themselves and do not think of themselves any more highly than they ought, God has extended them divine grace and mercy in the form of discipline.  That's right, discipline is a form of mercy when compared to God's other option for correction:  death.  God disciplines those that he loves as a father would discipline his Sons, so today if you hear God's voice do not harden your hearts, for God will exalt those in the lower places and humble those who are high.