Pride is Prejudice

Man. Church this morning was so good. Or should I say, I was really touched by the Lord today in Church. It's been great getting involved with the worship team at my Church. I absolutely LOVE to be able to serve in that way. God is so good to me. He's good to you too.

I've never really had any pride until I became a follower of Jesus Christ. Obviously this is unfortunate. I've spent so much of my life prior to being saved being a "nobody" and although that's not true it's how I felt. For years. But now that I know that I am somebody. And that I have gifts that can change the world around me, I feel like I'm something special. There's nothing wrong with that. But somehow I've been made prideful about it. I don't like it. I hate it. I'm prideful in my relationship with Jesus. And I can't help but see this pride as an enormous barrier in Our relationship.

I am tired of seeking glory for myself. Of being self serving. Of not giving Him enough praise and giving too much (any) to myself. Who am I to get the glory? All my gifts are from Him. All the money that passes through my stingy little fingers is His. My life, family, friends, dreams, desires all ultimately belong to the One who is worthy. If there is an ounce of myself that has anything to do with glory it's me being glorious to Him. I want to live my life where I live my life for Him and He gets the praise for it.

And for some reason it's so hard for me to act as a leader and be humble about it. Yes, I have leadership qualities of the natural nature. But my leadership qualities from the spiritual position need to come into manifestation as of yet. I really need to work on this. But I can't do it alone. Jesus is the only one who can help me.

My prayer for you this week is that you would be able to recognize that Jesus is Lord and that all praise and honor go to Him. At all times. No matter what's going on in your life. Good, bad, He's God. And He gets props for that.