I think that the great danger of pride is that our will becomes so much more important than it really is.
Truth be told, our will really isn’t very important at all. We boast, we want, we do, but in the end, isn’t it really God’s will that is done?
Furthermore, it is very possible to live our lives without any will of our own at all. In fact, we will do much better in life if we ignore our will, downplay it until it no longer exists, and just submit to the will of God.
The idea of submission to God’s will is so important in our life of faith, that the word submit appears some twenty times in Scripture! Perhaps, instead of being such a proud people, we should be a submissive people – submitting to each other (other believers) and to God.
It’s only when our will lines up perfectly with God’s will that we will find inner peace in our lives.
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