“To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.”
Proverbs 8:13 NIV
Pride and arrogance is a mark of the sinful nature. At times it’s obvious, at other times it’s subtle. There is a danger that we manage it by masking it rather than crucifying it. Masking pride does not work, it will always leak out. The only solution for pride is to crucify it.
Repentance is the only response to the green shoots of pride that spring up in our minds and hearts. Don’t nurture those shoots. Don’t entertain them. Don’t agree with them. Pride will whisper in your ear: You’re really strong at X” At that point of you take encouragement from that prideful thought, the green shoot will soon become a green house of all sorts of boastful weeds.
The cross is the mirror we must constantly gaze upon. Anything good that springs from us is heaven born. A gift from above. At best we thank God and glorify him for any strength, goodness or power that manifests in our life.
The Lord hates pride and arrogance.
Rev John James 