Monday
The god of power has no
problem finding followers. He is attractive, compelling, and charismatic. He
walks into your everyday, rat-race world and shows you what life could be like
at the top of the heap. And what he is selling is hard to ignore. It's a line
as old as the Garden of Eden—you can be like God. He offers us the applause and
envy that makes life sweet. He plays on the most basic problem of
humanity—pride. Pride is the pull of doing it our way. It is the same attitude
that Obadiah warned the Edomites about:
"The pride of your
heart has deceived you,
you who live in the clefts
of the rocks
and make your home on the
heights,
you who say to yourself,
'Who can bring me down to the ground?'" (Obadiah 3)
But in our culture, pride is
often a virtue: "Take pride in your heritage. Take pride in what you have
accomplished." And when pride drives you too hard for your own good it
could make you arrogant and contemptuous of others. When pride becomes self-importance
and smugness the god of power has fooled you into thinking that you are more
than you are.
How do you view yourself?
Humbly? Better than others?
How often do you compare
yourself to others?
What do you think your
motivation is behind such actions?
