Date: 30.01.2021
Topic: IS IT PRIDE?
Biblical Text: “ Are not Abana and Pharpar rivers of Damascus better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage’ . [2 Kings 5:12]
Naaman was a great and honourable man in the land of Syria but he was a leper. Hope came his way of being healed when they told him of a prophet in Samaria. Without wasting time, Naaman preceded to Samaria in the land of Israel to see the prophet. He expected a royal welcome in the house of Elisha instead, Elisha sent a messenger to him with an instruction for him to go and wash in river Jordan seven times. Naaman was angry, Are there not better river in Syria- Abana, Pharpar and Damascus, how can he be told to go and wash in a common river with common people! He felt humiliated. Pride means to overestimate ones ability, beauty, wealth or rank. Naaman exhibited pride but God helped him to obey the prophet instruction! Do not over hype your worth. Check yourself, are you exhibiting pride? It is pride when you look down on people; it is pride when you feel you cannot be corrected; it is pride when you feel too intelligent and rubbish the ideas of other people ideas. A proud person cannot go on a marathon with God, he will be cut off. A good example is the devil.
KNOW IT ∞ Do not overestimate your worth, be humble!
READ IT ∞ Isaiah 14:12-15, 2 Samuel 16:23, 17:23
PRAY IT ∞ Father, destroy every symptom of pride in my life.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR ∞ Deuteronomy 7-9
© Pastor Tunde Richards & Pastor Oluwafemi Adebayo
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