One Sunday morning a guest speaker gave a talk at my church. It seemed like he wanted us to be impressed by everything he’d done. He listed all the places he’d been, the famous Christian leaders he knew and the huge numbers of people he’s spoken to.

I can’t be too critical, though. I’ve struggled with pride in my own life. I was standing by the resources table at one church when someone picked up a copy of Our Daily Bread. “Do you read that?” I asked. “I start every day with it,” they said. “Well, I write for it,” I heard myself say. Pride—ugh!

As followers of Jesus, we should be known for humility. We’re told to “be clothed with humility, for ‘God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble’ ” (1 PET. 5:5, NKJV). We shouldn’t worry about how much we have done, but focus on looking out for others and sharing Jesus’ love with them.

By: Dave Egner

To Pray About . . .

Jesus, please help us to guard against pride, and teach us to be humble.