Does pride get in the way?

But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

Galatians 6:4 KJV

Many people today take pride in what they do. When we see things done by people who take pride in what they do, it tends to be a good thing. Especially if we hire a person for a particular job. If that person takes pride in what they do, we seem to approve of it more positively. I think this is a good thing.

But is it a good thing when a person’s pride gets in the way? We as humans sometimes have too much pride when it comes to admitting we are wrong. We let pride blind us to the facts sometimes, or we will not listen to another opposing opinion. Too much pride also sometimes leads to judging others or things in a wrong or incorrect way.

All the time we can see this in politics in the United States. We very well know the politician is wrong and we see what they are doing, but because of their own pride, they do things that go against what we believe is true. We see this also when they are caught red handed, but their pride prevents them from seeing that they did anything wrong.

Too much pride can also make us not want to try new things. For example, when it comes to dieting, we know full well a right diet is good for us, but our pride says we will never eat something that looks or tastes like that. Perhaps we know we should exercise more, but our pride tells us that we are in the best shape of our adult life.

This same pride also gets in the way of when a person decides to get saved or not by Jesus Christ. The truth is we feel we can save our own selves from the evils of this world and try over and over again to do so.

Be of the same mind one toward another *. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits..

Romans 12:16 KJV

Sometimes people even think they are well off and do not need the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 26:12 KJV

Pride is the one of the biggest reasons that people refuse God, His word the Bible, and that hell truly does exist in my honest opinion.

When it comes to giving your life to Christ, we tend to come up with all kinds of excuses why we don’t need Him. And this is a sobering reality that truly is sad.

The Bible plainly tells us that when we die, we go to one of two places. Heaven or Hell. There is no in between. No grey, only black or white. The truth of the matter is, that every single one of us will get to live for all eternity. It is just a question of where.

The Bible clearly states that there is coming a day when all of mankind will be judged and there will be no more second chances. It tells us of a day, when God Himself will return and bring His judgement to all mankind.

Does our pride prevent us from seeing the truth of this? Will our pride get in our way and stop us from reading more about who Jesus Christ is and His free gift of eternal salvation? Time and time again Jesus witness people who had too much pride that prevented them from seeing and believing He was the Messiah.

The only thing we really have to do to see what is coming, is to read the bible. If you have not allowed Jesus into your heart, I beg of you to do so today and just pick up the New Testament of the Bible and start in the book of Matthew. You won’t be sorry. And any pride you may have preventing you from His saving grace will be replaced with pride of knowing Him!

God Bless and Peace be with you!