You begin your day by going to church to talk about God.  The days of preparation lead up to expounding some new dynamic or discovery to the throng.  All of your study points to a message that you know will bring the crowd into a holy swoon.  Tension is a bit high while moving through the service to that moment of great enlightenment.  Every moment of reading, writing and thinking bring you to the edge of sharing your knowledge.  Then it ends before you know it.  Days of gathering your information come to an abrupt halt.  You look for the swoon but sometimes it must be invisible.  Reality begins to set in emotionally and mentally.  It is time to rejoin the normal ebb and flow of life.  At the end of your day you find yourself putting in a new toilet seat.  God once again finds a way to remind you of what it means to be human.  


Humility is not something most of us struggle with.  We tend not to think much on it.  Maybe it is pride that is the single most destructive force in humanity.  It moves us to believe we can think or act without God's guidance.  So we make choices outside of His will that range from simply dumb to truly tragic.  Even when our grand schemes fail we still deal with pride by not wanting to admit we were wrong.  It's usually the fault of another person.  We honestly may believe we can do it on our own if not for another person interfering.  Arrogance moves us to think far too highly of our life.  We know the world would be a better place if it just listened to me.  What makes it worse is our collecting people around us to help keep the shine on our pride.  They circle our wagons so any weakness cannot be detected by others.  Our final result is living isolated from real growth or maturity.


Maybe that is why God tries to nudge us off our pedestal from time to time.  It may not be quite so elaborate as changing toilet seats.  But you can be sure He wants more for you than being self serving.  People in scripture did know the great highs of following through with God.  They also often went through the lows of personal failure.  Ever notice how often pride got in the way of their being God's person?  I believe this sin blinds us from so much of His reality.  We just do not see life as it truly is.  Our perception of God's presence goes askew.  Man's struggle with pride began many years ago.  It continues in our day.  If you don't realize that then perhaps it is already winning the battle?


Bro. Trey