Pride...

Looking at Luke chapter 9:23 “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me”
 
            The pure truth is so simple and easy to understand; yet as humans and as sinners, our life is the hardest thing to give up. We are so self-preoccupied with worldly things that we build a wall of pride around ourselves; which doesn’t let self-denial in.

            Once we finally figure out that Satan is the one who actually built the wall, we have usually given ourselves to the Lord, but still try to break the wall down by our self. Which is where scripture comes back into the picture. “Deny our self, take up the cross, and follow Me.” Then we get the picture, we can’t do it ourselves, and so we ask and confide in Jesus to break the wall down for us. And in doing so we look to the goodness that will come out of getting rid of pride; which is being able to deny one self. But after all this happens you realize that by asking the Lord to help you (so you can indulge in self-denial) you already denied yourself by realizing you can’t break the wall.

            The sovereignty of God is so awesome and so loving and so respectful that it never condemns. And when you feel that truth, life definitely has meaning and purpose.