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THE DANGER OF HAUGHTINESS

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DAILY MANNA
FRIDAY, JUNE 12 2020

It is advisable that you meditatively read the text first

THE DANGER OF HAUGHTINESS 
TEXT: ISAIAH 2:10-22.
🔑KEY VERSE 
"And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day" (ISAIAH 2:17).

The human heart is a very deep reservoir of several ideas, thoughts and actions. When the heart overvalues the man, it pushes him to overestimate who he is and what he can do. No man wishes to put himself down except if he suffers inferiority complex.

In fact, the Bible talks about every man proclaiming his own good. So, naturally there is tendency in every man to have some elements of pride.



Our passage for meditation today, however, takes a critical look at pride that makes a man to disregard, dishonour and disobey God's commandments as set out in the Scriptures. The picture we have in this narration captures an individual or a group of people, a nation, who deliberately decide to toe the path of haughtiness and pride, that overestimate their worth and thus downplay the place of the divine in their affairs.

But God will be God. He will not share His glory with any man nor tolerate anyone to "think of himself more highly than he ought to think." Pride is a very grave and condemnable sin before God. It was the thing that made Lucifer to lose his place in His presence (Isaiah 14:12-15). There are several passages of the Scripture that warn also of the danger of pride. We also have several examples of people who lost God's favour, their place in His programme, their opportunities in life, as well as their lives because they become proud after God had blessed or favoured them.

What is the state of your heart? Do you often consider yourself as being more important than other people? How do you treat those who are not as privileged as you are? Remember, pride goes before a fall. Be humble.

✍THOUGHT FOR THE DAY 
Don't wait for God to humble you!

COVER TO COVER 
2 SAMUEL 19-20.

HYMN 
Are washed in the blood of the Lamb?

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