Human pride is a red flag. It’s a warning of danger. Beware of pride. A wise person said: “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” The more our ego goes up, the more our safety and security goes down.
Pride is a facade. It’s an attempt to cover up our fear and insecurity. It causes us to pretend to be what we are not — to fake it and falsely hope that by make-believe we will one day make it.
The red flag of pride warns us we have abandoned humility and honesty about our inner pain and struggles and are instead trusting in and justifying our own desires, feelings, thoughts, and opinions. When walking in pride we are torpedoing truth and rushing full speed ahead into deception.
As human beings, we’re all tempted to hide what’s really going on in our heart behind the screen of pride. It’s frightening to step beyond that ego-screen and into the light of honesty and humility where we can see who we really are and, in our brokenness, and disfunction, discover that there is hope for healing for us all. “Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
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