The Spirit of Haughtiness #2
“The proud looks
of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled, and
the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. For there shall be a day of the
Lord of hosts against all that is proud and haughty and against all that is
lifted up, and it shall be brought low.” Isaiah 2:11, 12 amp
There will come a day when God the Creator alone will be
the one who is exalted right here on earth. All who have refused to humble
themselves and have rejected Jesus as their Savior will fall upon their knees
and bow to the one who sits on the throne.
A Spirit of Haughtiness or Pride will journey with us for
as long as we eat their plate of lies. Once we know the truth, we have no more
excuses. Our over exalted sense of self importance is what robs us of the freedom
of love and joy we so desperately crave in our lives. In fact, self pride will
rob us from the very life we cherish. Everything the world attempts to fill our
heads with is the opposite of what God would have you to do.
Just to repeat a little bit of my first article:
God says: Humble yourselves
The World says: Never
apologize or humble yourself because it will make you look weak.
God says: If you humble yourself and repent, I will lift
you up. I will honor you.
Our World says: “Everyone is acting like this and doing
this, why should you be any different?”
God says: a man’s pride shall bring him low: but honor
shall uphold the HUMBLE in spirit.
When we allow ourselves to believe we are better than
others, we have just given homage to a Haughty Spirit and that is Idolatry. We are serving another god and that god has become us.
Pray, and ask God to lift the blinders from your eyes and
see yourself in His truth.
Without any doubt, those with a Haughty Spirit will trip
themselves up; and fall into the pit they have dug for themselves, by their own
shovel of pride and disobedience.
We have all felt rushes of self satisfaction when we have
accomplished a task. I believe that can be an encouragement from God. Encouragement
is extremely important so we can have that confidence we need to live a
successful life. We all love to get pats on our backs. We drive home from work,
grinning from ear to ear. It was a good day!
After we have set our feet back on the ground; it is
important to be on our guard; and not allow this confidence to escalate, by
opening the door allowing the puffed up spirit to come into our lives. Yes,
Christians especially; have to be very careful about this too. We can fall into
having a religious mindset like the Pharisee’s did if we are not being aware of
our thought life. Jesus detested their hypocritical
nature. The only thing they were concerned about was appearing as
holier-than-thou, yet; their hearts were far from God.
The angel Lucifer who once lived in heaven and lead the
songs for worship, decided he was so beautiful and so grand, that he felt he
could over throw our Father God. He was kicked out of heaven taking 1/3 of the
angels with him.
"Son of man, sing this funeral song for the king of
Tyre. Give him this message from the Sovereign LORD: "You were the model
of perfection, full of wisdom and exquisite in beauty” Ezekiel 28: 12
Vs 13 “You
were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian,
chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and
beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were
created they were prepared.”
Vs 14 “You were anointed as a guardian cherub,
for so I ordained you.
You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones.”
Vs 15 “You
were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was
found in you.”
Lucifer had everything going for
himself, but he made the decision to follow after his pride. He turned upon the
one who created him and believed he was more powerful and more capable than
God. We see Lucifer’s handiwork all over the earth today, warping, lying,
perverting, seducing and doing everything he can to defame God’s name. Isn’t it
pathetic that in today’s movies we hear: God’s name taken in vain and Jesus
Christ spoken in blasphemous vulgarities and the writers do not even realize
the depth of their penalties? We never hear “oh Buddha! Or, oh Isis! Or, Hari Krishna!.” The truth is: The name of Jesus Christ is
above every other name and powerful. When the enemy uses the world to pull down
God’s name and His Church, he is coming against the King of Kings himself. Lucifer and all those spirits are in a
complete and useless pursuit of war against God and his people.
What do they have? They cannot use the power
of the name of Jesus, while we can. So, they try to destroy it. They once knew
the secrets of heaven and tasted the good things of God and they turned their
backs upon a life in God’s holiness. The clock is ticking and they know their
time is short. They cannot win in this war; if we obey God’s instructions and
humble ourselves and stay humble! We have the Word of God as our advisor!
Check your attitudes, check your hearts
and check what your thinking processes are fixed upon. Always be aware of how the enemy works and do
not listen to every wind of doctrine. Sift everything by the Word of God and
when in doubt, seek counsel in someone that has integrity and someone you
respect.
God Bless You.
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