This blog post is based off of 2 Chronicles 26: 1-23 from the "New Women's Devotional Bible".
King Uzziah was a very successful king as long as he was aware that his talents and success was a direct gift from God. But as soon as he decided to take pride in himself his downfall became and all his successes went down with him.
Sometimes pride is a good thing in life, while other times it is just the beginning to a hard lesson.
Healthy pride is knowing that God is the one feeding those talents and things to be proud of: your children, your talent to cook or play music, and other abilities. It is healthy to acknowledge that we area all good at something. Knowing your strengths is important, but knowing that God gave you those strengths is even more vital.
Then there are those strengths that we take credit for ourselves. The ones where we forget to thank God for and we begin to think that we actually are capable of building of good in ourselves. This is when the humbleness factor fades away and we become prideful, conceited, egotistical. And just like King Uzziah, we fall hard soon after.
God is working in all of our lives and will continue to do so. It is good to recognize the strengths that God gives us but humbleness needs to be practiced. Praise God for His gifts and know your limits!
"Let him who boasts boast in the Lord" 2 Corinthians 10:17
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