Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 214
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Pride
is such a nasty thing…and God has specific things to say about it. One verse in particular that I am constantly
reminded of is James 4:6:
But He giveth more grace. Wherefore He saith, ‘God resisteth the proud,
but giveth grace to the humble.’
Wow! That is specific, direct, and uncomplicated. And in today’s writing Michael shows us just
what our problem is…
DAY 60
Did God Create Pride?
Do you not know? Have you
not heard? The Everlasting
God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or
tired. His understanding is inscrutable.
--Isaiah 40:28
God has several names, which
allows us to form a better understanding of Him who made us. “Creator” is one of those names. Art reveals something about the
artist, and creation
reveals something about the Creator. To God, the creation is an extension of His character, not
an “it,” an object to be used or something without life. It. No person can set boundaries for
what the Creator creates, for anyone who attempts to do so has been created
himself; any boundaries are self-imposed by the Creator, but they are absolute.
Some of the boundaries of creation include these: He will show regard, respect, and love for the work of His
hands rather than treat it with indifference; He will remove chaos; He will
take responsibility for what is made. This is ultimate humility.
“And God
created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and
female He created them” (Genesis
1:27). “Then the LORD God said, ‘Behold, the man has become like one of Us,
knowing good and evil’” (Genesis 3:22). Everything else is created by God but is not like God.
However, the Creator creates man in His own image. Being like God affords us the ultimate choice of
either walking in humility or pride. Humility voluntarily chooses to esteem God
and all things created. Pride
chooses to treat God and His creation as enemies, with no regard, respect, or
caring; pride would invite in confusion and take no responsibility.
Pride does not emanate from
the Heavenly Father, so where did it come from? Since God in humility has chosen
to treat creation as a living thing, and in His image we are given choice,
pride originates in the
choice. Humility
relates to creation, but pride is indifferent to all things and treats them as
though they are dead! Pride
makes God out to be dead, man to be dead, truth to be dead, and hope to be
dead. It even murdered the most alive Man that ever walked on the earth!
Is it any wonder that we are commanded to pray, “Deliver us from evil”? God in humility creates, and pride, by
its very nature, destroys. We see, then, why pride can so easily take
created beauty, treat it indifferently, and cause the result: an unnatural thing called sin.
Many refuse to hear it, but AIDS came about this very way. AIDS is not created by God; it is the result of pride! AIDS does
not have its root in the Creator; the fingerprint of pride is all over it. AIDS and every other sin enters
the world through pride, and all the created world then bears the weight of it,
moaning as it looks for its redemption.
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
This “day” represented
the greatest challenge to differentiate between the highlighting! Virtually every word was like a combination
of all 5 colors, it seemed.
Needless to say, the
message is so very simple: “pride originates in the choice.” So, isn’t it incredible that God does not
take away “our choice” in virtually everything!
Testing, testing, testing…God never relents.
But, as Michael has so
often taught: do not be vexed, choose God.
Done deal.
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