OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Saturday
April 9th 2016
TOPIC: THE DANGER OF PRIDE
Memorize: But he giveth more
grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth
grace unto the humble. James 4:6
Read: Isaiah 14:12-15,
12 How art
thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down
to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou
hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven; I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in
the sides of the north:
14 I will
ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou
shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Bible in one year: 1st Samuel
21:23, Proverbs 7:10-27
MESSAGE
According to Proverbs 16:18,
destruction is the major ‘dividend’ of pride. It is interesting to note that
pride was the root cause of the first rebellion both in heaven and on earth. It
started with Lucifer, the son of the morning who later became the devil (Isaiah
14:12-15). He was a beautiful Archangel until pride brought him down.
When the devil discovered the
easy way of falling into destruction (pride), he started using it to bring
people down to his fallen state. This he successfully did with the first man
and the first woman. The devil deceived them, telling them that when they ate
the forbidden fruit, they would be as wise as God and they believed him.
“And when the woman saw that
the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to
be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and
gave also unto her husband with her and he did eat.” Genesis 3:6
Unfortunately, because of
their quest for wisdom that will equate them with their Maker, they fell, and
the glory of the Lord which covered them departed leaving them naked and empty.
Pride disgraces its owner beyond measure. The story of Pharaoh is a case study.
It was pride that drowned his hosts in the Red Sea. One would expect that after
the ten terrible plaques that God used to warn him, he would humble himself
before the Most High. Rather, he maintained what he initially said: “Who is the
Lord that I should obey his voice to let Israel go?” (Exodus 5:2). Before he
knew it, it was too late for him to repent. To escape the spirit of pride, you
need to be genuinely born again so that the Spirit of Jesus many dwell in you.
If you are deadly a child of God, you need to be sanctified and allow the mind
of Jesus Christ dwell in you richly:
“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ: Who bring in the form of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the
form of a servant…” Philippians 2:5-7
My prayer for someone using
this devotional is that pride will not destroy you, your destiny and your loved
ones in Jesus’ name.
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