Eternal Insights Week 2--The Problem of Pride

In what do you take pride? Is it some accomplishment that you’ve done? Maybe it is that your favorite sports team won the championship or is considered the best. Do you take pride in the way you are able to do something no one else can do? Maybe you take pride in the appearance of the house or the car or the kids.

Pride is not necessarily a bad thing. We should strive to achieve the things to which we are called. It is fun to pull for our favorite teams. Of course, we should be good stewards and take care of the gifts we’ve been given—be they material things or children to raise or some other gift.

However, when pride begins to take over, we get out of balance. Pride can replace a healthy understanding of who we are and who we are called to be. It can even lead us to forget the things that are important and rely too much on the objects of our pride. In week two of our series on “Eternal Insights” let’s examine Jesus’ idea of our pride and the slavery that can come when we get out of balance in our relationship with Him, ourselves and others. (See John 8:31-36.)