Psalms 101:5
Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly
I will destroy.
Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart
I will not endure.
Tag: God Resist the Proud
James 4:6
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Isaiah 2:12
For the Lord of hosts has a day
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;
Proverbs 21:4
Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
God is not tolerant of the proud in heart. In our pride we resist the grace that God would love to give us. But, our pride chokes of God’s grace. We need God’s grace to make it through the tough times. God resists those who are proud and therefore they have no grace to live in tough times. It is an endless circle. When we think we can do it on our own and we just keep trying harder and harder, God can give us the grace we need to make it through the very thing we are “trying” to do. God resists the proud of heart. He gives grace to the Humber. To get the strength we need to tap into the power of God we need to have humility. Humility says, “I need to quit trying and simply trust in the promises of God and let Him strengthen me and empower me. I can’t do this.” That is when God can work. But, each morning He resist the proud and arrogant of heart ... those who think they can do it all on their own. This who slander others. When we “slander” others we stand in judgment of them and that is the epitome of pride. Those who walk around and “slander” put themselves as judges of others. But, in humility we do not speak evil of others because we know that we are also like them and it is only God who has the righteousness to judge with fidelity. So, pride makes people judgmental and causes God to resist them or oppose them.
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