Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 1 Corinthians 10:12

Life is good. Ive been so blessed in a million ways, and several big ones recently. I study, I read, I pray, but something still wasn't totally right for me. I was missing something in the equation, God wasn't as big as He should be...

Enter C H Spurgeon.

"But to finish this delineation of a presumptuous man- Pride is the most pregnant cause of presumption. In all its various shapes it is the fountain of carnal security."

Carnal security. That is exactly what I was overlooking. Why is it that the moment things are going good, the need to take control kicks in and we fall? In a single word, pride. Spurgeon highlights three specific types of pride: pride of talent, pride of grace, and pride of privileges.

What is it that would ever make us believe that we deserve, earned, or are owed the things that we have in our life? Even the knowledge of Grace and God are given to us through the mercy and wisdom of God through His son. Oh that we would boast in Christ alone! How differently would we look if instead of pride in our very DNA we learned to give God his glory in all things.

We are secured in Christ alone. Through no other fount are we restored. I pray that God would just remove this pride that is so deeply ingrained in me, but that it is here is to His Glory as well. Be on guard, hold each other accountable from this corruptible sin. Our church is not ours, our salvation is for God, and our blessings are gifts.

To even think that my studying, reading, and praying would buy me justification in the eyes of God is the most egregious display of pride I could have. We must preach the Gospel to one another constantly and be on guard for the sin that can cause us to fall.

I pray that we would rejoice in the fact that God has removed this sin from the church. That He is more powerful than even my own deceitful heart. And that all the Glory is His.