The Humble Versus the Proud

 

UV 3536/10000 The Humble Versus The Proud

Though the Lord is exalted, He regards the lowly ( and invites them into His fellowship); But the proud and  haughty He knows from a distance.

 

Psalm 138 v 6

 

                     The Lord practices social distancing from the proud and arrogant but He is intimate with the humble.  He examines the hearts of the former from a distance of eternity and laughs at their foolish pride.  But He rushes to the help and protection of the humble who acknowledge Him and depend on Him for mercy and grace.  At no time, will He desert or abandon the faithful.  We need to ask the Holy Spirit to examine our  hearts and minds and discover if there is any trace of pride or arrogance in us which offends the Lord who is most exalted, absolutely holy, immensely powerful and yet, is most humble and gentle with the crown of His creation, the spitting image of His own nature- human beings.

 

                When we acknowledge God in all our ways, we increase in knowledge, wisdom, truth and grace.      He is in control of all our days and all our ways.  He directs our paths and not just our feet.   He guides us in our choices or decision making.   Scripture reiterates in several places that He gives grace to the humble but resists, opposes, defeats the plans of the proud and wicked.   As He is with the humble, they succeed in their endeavours and even should they fail in anything God gives them the grace to bear or endure trials, hardship, disappointment, setbacks so that they emerge better and stronger out of it.  In short, the Lord turns difficulties into blessings and opportunities.

 

               The one thing on Earth  that the Lord prices above all is the heart of the humble and the one thing that He hates  is the heart of the proud and insolent.  The latter think that they are self made or evolved people.  They are obsessed with their  own desires and thoughts.  They ignore their relationship with God, their Creator and Father.  They are not repentant of their moral and spiritual shortcomings since they are self satisfied or complacent about an abundance of material assets that they own or mundane power that they wield.   The Lord always gives even such persons an opportunity to repent and return to Him.   But the humble and faithful remain the apple of His eye to whom He is committed to protect, provide and promote.  He does it in His own way in His own time.  The humble are patient and wait on the Lord to act and lift them up from the pit of oppression or suppression.